I wont argue they get hot but my used one i am the third owner of and the one i purchased new is well over a year now.
Maybe i just got lucky..
Also if i remember correctly it may be cheaper to buy the FW version and just buy the actinic bulb. this is the only difference in the fixture anyway. buy 2 actinic bulbs right off the bat and you have your first set of replacement bulbs.
EDIT: just checked my fixtures and i was wrong the fw version comes with 6700 bulbs and the sw with 10k and actinic.
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72 Gallon Bowfront Reef.. Hardware:2x250w Luminex Elite HQI Reflectors (Phoenix Hexarc Bulbs), Galaxy 2x250w Electronic ballast, Euroreef 130 Skimmer, Sedra KSP 7000 Retern... Live Stock: Pair of Hawaiian Flame Wrasse, Leopard Wrasse, Pink Streaked Wrasse, Pair True Percula Clowns, Potters Angel, African Flameback Angel, Orange Fin Tomini Tang, Yellow Assessor, Tailspot Blenny, Purple Firefish..
45 G FW Asain Barb Community tank.
Last edited by ElGuappo; 05-17-2010 at 06:16 AM.
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