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Old 09-04-2008, 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob View Post
I bought the 14000K 400W Plusrite bulbs from Greatdel. Ran them for about months. They were cooking my corals after a few weeks. I'm thinking perhaps the glass on the outer bulb was too thin allowing too much UV or something. Almost every coral in my tank stopped growing, 6 months later and everything is starting to get back to normal. I'm never trying that again!

Alrighty then, that pretty much says it all! Thanks for the info!! I think I'll stick with the "name brand" bulbs
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