80W NO T12 reef?...I must be crazy. - Page 2

AndyL · #11 01-28-2006, 10:14 PM

LOL - no I used to run 4x20w t8 ballasts on a single bulb on a couple planted tanks... Works gooderly.

Andy

rusty · #12 01-28-2006, 11:13 PM

No no no That is not getto.If you want to go cheap, I mean really cheap do what I did. I went to home depot and bought Phillips screw in PC's 6500k and my corals are doing fine. I even have a birds nest frag in the tank to see if SPS will grow under it. It has been three months and its not dead, it looks fine. I am running 6 of these bulbs on the tank 27watts each but its nice that you dont need a ballast for them because they are self ballast. So far so good

Saltysteve · #13 01-29-2006, 03:32 PM

Wouldn't mind seeing a picture of that setup

Invigor · #14 01-29-2006, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rusty

No no no That is not getto.If you want to go cheap, I mean really cheap do what I did. I went to home depot and bought Phillips screw in PC's 6500k and my corals are doing fine. I even have a birds nest frag in the tank to see if SPS will grow under it. It has been three months and its not dead, it looks fine. I am running 6 of these bulbs on the tank 27watts each but its nice that you dont need a ballast for them because they are self ballast. So far so good

I tried that too, but they fell in the tank and killed everything, lol