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Old 07-11-2007, 10:45 PM   #1
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Hamilton retro kit reflectors


I recently picked up a Hamilton retro kit from a fellow reefer, bigjdotcom01, (THANKS AGAIN!) and had a question. In order to add some sort of parabolic reflector will I have to dismantle the whole thing or do they make a product that can be put onto the retro kit.

Below is a crappy pic of what I have. The reflector on there isn't shiny at all and I thought something shiny might help out or maybe not. Going from 4x65w Coralife to 2x175 14k MH bulbs and 2x96W dual actinics has already been quite the change.
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Old 07-31-2007, 09:28 PM   #2
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the options are either replacing the reflector with another shiny reflector or painting the reflector matt white. matt white has actually been shown to be more reflective than the aluminum reflectors. it also acts as a great diffuser for point source lighting (MH's).

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