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Old 01-25-2010, 05:35 PM
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Default retro fit T5's

just wondering what brands are above the others as far as quality.

getting a tank made for the nano contest and want to use some 36" reto fits. just wondering what people are using. this tank will only be 14" deep and i want to keep sps.

any opinons on VHO??
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jumping on as i wanna know for my tank to
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Hagen Glo or Sunlight Supply are both pretty good. I've used both of them.
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Old 01-25-2010, 06:20 PM
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J & L carries both of them
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I've heard a few good things about the coralvue retrofits. They have the ballast built in to each pair of two's.

http://www.aquacave.com/36-two-lamp-...lvue-1145.html

I haven't got these, but they were the ones I was looking at for my next project.
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