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Originally Posted by lastlight (Post 709138)

If so many people are running these lights at less than 50% of peak... why can't people raise them up higher and get away with fewer fixtures at 100%?

This leaves me thinking the same thing

I haven't read through all the posts, but why would I spend so much denaro ?

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 710467)

This leaves me thinking the same thing

I haven't read through all the posts, but why would I spend so much denaro ?

Exactly my thoughts. If I use less units, higher up, at 100%, don't I get the same results??

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 710482)

Exactly my thoughts. If I use less units, higher up, at 100%, don't I get the same results??

Provided you're happy with the spread there's no reason you can't do that. For me, I picked up one unit for my 3 foot tank and to get the side to side spread I needed I had the thing 18" above and had a TON of light spillage over the front. So, since I'm hunting for a 4 foot tank upgrade anyway I decided to bite the bullet and get the second unit now. It's crazy over kill for my current tank but when I find my 4 footer I'll already have a lighting system that works for it!