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01-22-2008, 11:39 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Greencastle, Indiana
Posts: 79
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Sump Lighting
Part of my sump is going to be lighted and I want to go with the most efficient form of lighting that I can. It will have live rock, sand and either macro algae or grass. I'm thinking that a regular fluorescent light fixture with some form of plant grow light would be suffiecient or is my thinking off base?
Thanks in advance.
Mike
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01-22-2008, 11:47 AM
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Carpe Noctem
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
Posts: 8,212
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I would throw out the sand and make it a BB fuge. Easier to remove the crud that settles in there than process it. Otherwise the rock and a good macro such as chaeto would be fine. I use a 6,500 k screw in compact flo from the hardware store and it works well.
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01-22-2008, 12:57 PM
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Underwater Coral Farmer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Borneo
Posts: 4,355
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I use NO flourtecent on mine works ok, go with that if you have one, if not what hop said
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01-22-2008, 01:11 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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I use a 10,000k screw in philips bulb from HD. Cost me $7.
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01-22-2008, 01:12 PM
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Underwater Coral Farmer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Borneo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seasalt dreams
I use a 10,000k screw in philips bulb from HD. Cost me $7.
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didn't know they had 10k screw in. hmmm
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01-22-2008, 01:14 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ontario, CA
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Well that is what I asked for when I went in there, and that is what they gave me, I can tell you though, that thing is extremely bright!!
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01-22-2008, 01:16 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 34,170
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That will do.
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01-22-2008, 01:54 PM
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Pinch That Penny
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redmond Oregon
Posts: 2,240
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normal floodlight with built in reflector will work.
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01-22-2008, 10:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Posts: 385
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HD has lights of america brand flourescent floodlight 6500k 42 watt on sale for about 35 bucks
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01-22-2008, 10:27 PM
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Carpe Noctem
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
Posts: 8,212
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Ouch... My hole set up was $18 
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01-22-2008, 10:36 PM
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Keeper of the Kracken
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Martin, SC
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I am using an outdoor floodlight that I wired using a computer power cable so I could plug it directly into the wall socket. It is compact flourescent, uses 26 watts of electricity but the output is equivalent to 200 watts. I bought it at Lowes and it wasn't expensive at all. I did this about 3 weeks ago and am starting to see some very good growth results in my refugium.
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