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09-26-2009, 01:12 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Maine
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2 questions please ...
I have 2 questions:
I have a 46 bowfront lit with the twin 96W coralife lunar aqualight and I spend $75ish for a set of 10,000k/6800k and 460/420nm lamps every 6 months or so and the tank is noticably darker by then.
Economicaly, it looks like icecap T5's are the way to go with cheaper bulbs and longer life.
1. Can/should I just change the guts of my aqualight over to T5's?
2. Do I need a 2 bulb T5 or a 4 Bulb or some other count?
Thanks!
Berg
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09-26-2009, 04:08 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Greenville, SC
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4 bulbs at least for sps and many lps. If you are just keeping some softies and zoas, mushrooms, etc then 2 bulbs is enough.
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09-26-2009, 04:10 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Tell us more about your set up?What kind and if a reef what type of stuff your going to keep.
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09-26-2009, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: spartanburg, south carolina
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I'm not sure you can just change the guts over to t5, it will require new wiring, new ballast, new end caps. If you are handy, you can do a retrofit, otherwise getting a brand new fixture would be the way to go.
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09-27-2009, 08:59 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Maine
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its got mushrooms, leather finger, button polyps etc. I don't have a need for the tougher things at the moment (at least not till I know what they look like and how to keep them) . I do have a yearning for a clam and a 6' tank ... But no walls with 6' of space.
Last edited by Berggy; 09-27-2009 at 09:05 AM.
Reason: could not get new phone to post message
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09-27-2009, 09:12 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Don't know what you mean test?but if your doing a reef.I'd do 4 T5HO's with the individual reflectors.but depending how deep and what you want to keep,you mite need Mh.Good luck with your "test" set-up.
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09-27-2009, 09:32 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Southern Maine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loverotties
Don't know what you mean test?but if your doing a reef.I'd do 4 T5HO's with the individual reflectors.but depending how deep and what you want to keep,you mite need Mh.Good luck with your "test" set-up.
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Sorry man ... I typed the whole response above but could not get my new phone to push the "post" button. I used "test" till I figured it out, then edited it back to what it should be. Its not a test ... Its my main and only tank ... Looking too dark I think and too expensive to change bulbs that often.
To answer the other post, I'm extremely handy ... A factory machine designer/builder.
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09-27-2009, 10:01 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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T5HO are cheeper,run cooler,more light output and last longer and take up less room.
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