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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 8:23 am | |
| Could I use T5's on a T8 light fixture? Would save me about $100. | |
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Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 9:00 am | |
| I doubt it unless you change the ballast out for t5s. | |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 9:47 am | |
| Dang....Fixtures for T5's are expensive. | |
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Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 9:53 am | |
| Yup payed $400 for my six bulb. | |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:09 am | |
| Holy cow! I found one for $129.95 w/shipping for 4 bulbs. | |
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Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:23 am | |
| Remember though you get what you pay for to. | |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:24 am | |
| True, but they're lights...cmon. Unless you can harvest the sun i think the anemones will be aight | |
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Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:29 am | |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:45 am | |
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Terry Captain
Posts : 984 Location : Corsicana Texas
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 10:54 am | |
| Should be ok. I have read that the ballast arent all that great though. | |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 11:01 am | |
| Ill prob have to order in a month since they are $130. I thought I could just buy the bulbs sep and put them in my reg fixture. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 11:50 am | |
| trust me phil im in the same boat as you, keep checking out craigslist ive found some cheap light set ups. |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 11:53 am | |
| I have, I'm not paying $200 for "used" lights with 2 months left of lights. Been looking for a while. I gave up. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 11:58 am | |
| phil no on teh T8's in T5 fixture. how deep is the tank, and how long is the tank? |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 12:11 pm | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 12:54 pm | |
| im starting to get discouraged too. |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 12:58 pm | |
| - tim wrote:
- im starting to get discouraged too.
And then people try to sell their "complete SW setup" for $500. Or, when bought individually, the lights are $200.... Ebay is the best bet! | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 1:47 pm | |
| lol trust me i know what you mean. nothing is better then someone wanting 120 bucks for a 20g fw set up |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 1:57 pm | |
| phil here is teh fixture i have on my 90, it was on my 55 before that. look around for pricing on it although the price here isnt all that bad i am sure you can find it cheaper.
http://www.toofishy.com/product.php?productid=80405&cat=714&page=1 |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 2:12 pm | |
| LOL $269! Too bad I'm not made of money. I'll just go ahead and get the cheap $130 one and hopefully itll last.
@Tim, you mean $300 for a 12gallon biocube. LOL | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 3:07 pm | |
| yes biocubes are stupid lol |
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alan j t Major
Posts : 791 Location : reno nv Favorite Fish: : discus
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 3:42 pm | |
| heres the lamps i use on all my tanks so far http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/index.php?cPath=71_136&osCsid=65c3343c9bea94015c4d3cf2ec818277
they have a 5 year warranty on the ballast, american made, and if you call them they will customize it for you. | |
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nitty Moderator
Posts : 1906 Location : Houston/Atlanta Favorite Fish: : Mine:
110gal. Eclectochromis Lobochilus Hertae
56gal. Neolamprologus Brichardi
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 4:54 pm | |
| - philuponthepho wrote:
- LOL $269! Too bad I'm not made of money. I'll just go ahead and get the cheap $130 one and hopefully itll last.
@Tim, you mean $300 for a 12gallon biocube. LOL My bio cube14 with the stand was only $180 w/ free shipping. It's better than any other tank I have. Very compact and has everything you need from lights to 3 stage filtration and surface and protein skimmer. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 4:56 pm | |
| i would trade this 72" 3x175 watt metal halide for this:
http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/product_info.php?cPath=71_136&products_id=1506&osCsid=65c3343c9bea94015c4d3cf2ec818277
LMAO |
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philuponthepho Captain
Posts : 1059 Location : Arlington Favorite Fish: : Anything I can afford (which is $0)
| Subject: Re: Light fixture question 1/9/2010, 6:30 pm | |
| - nitty wrote:
- philuponthepho wrote:
- LOL $269! Too bad I'm not made of money. I'll just go ahead and get the cheap $130 one and hopefully itll last.
@Tim, you mean $300 for a 12gallon biocube. LOL My bio cube14 with the stand was only $180 w/ free shipping. It's better than any other tank I have. Very compact and has everything you need from lights to 3 stage filtration and surface and protein skimmer. Believe it or not..people try to sell their biocubes for that much $$ on craigslist. | |
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