Question on T5 fixtures

[ILIKECOUGARS]

Hi, I have a coralife T5 aqualight 36" fixture,which has 21 watt tubes, and I cann't seem to find replacement tubes for this. One lfs told me to put in the 39 watt tubes in it. Will this work?

Ed.

[Starry]

Have you found out if that works? I have the same fixture.

Starry :mrgreen:

[ILIKECOUGARS]

A different lfs said it will work, but will not run at full wattage,so that a 39 watt bulb might run at 20 watts? I don't think this is good for the ballast, I will wait for the proper bulbs, the lfs said they should be in the month of Feb.

[albert_dao]

Just dump it and replace it with the Hagen Glo products. Hagen makes good products and these units will run name brand HOT5 bulbs.

[fishguyxd]

I tryed a 36 inch hagan glow t5 2 bulb fixture a month ago. I was quite surprised of the light it put out. It was a little pricey though for what's out there but your decision. but worth a look at.availble in the city.

[albert_dao]

36" dual glo fixture should be well under $100.

[Starry]

not here, think they were in the 150 range

[fishguyxd]

$150 -170 for 2 bulb fixture and plus bulbs were 30 bucks each

[albert_dao]

.... Drive to Calgary :P $80 for the fixture, $25 each for name brand European bulbs.

[Myka]

Ya, I think I paid $125...the girl gave me her employee discount, and $22-28 per bulb for Giesemann or ATI.

[albert_dao]

Ya, I think I paid $125...the girl gave me her employee discount, and $22-28 per bulb for Giesemann or ATI.

That is ROUGH...