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11-06-2010, 4:06 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 412 City: Pittsview State: AL Occupation: Assembler Other Interests: scuba diving, guitar,Radio controlled gas trucks,farming,engines!!!!
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aquatic life 72" t5
Hey guys i have the aquatic life 72" t5 8 bulb (here is a link http://www.aquariumspecialty.com/cat...oducts_id=3376) over my 125 gal. Its about time to change my bulbs and dont really have the funds to buy really expensive bulbs at the moment as my job really sucks.... Will these bulbs be okay? 110575413465 ebay item number. i orderd em a few min ago i got 4 of the 12k and 4 acitinic.
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11-06-2010, 4:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 412 City: Pittsview State: AL Occupation: Assembler Other Interests: scuba diving, guitar,Radio controlled gas trucks,farming,engines!!!!
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Click the picture of lights that say ended to get to more info.
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11-06-2010, 4:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 412 City: Pittsview State: AL Occupation: Assembler Other Interests: scuba diving, guitar,Radio controlled gas trucks,farming,engines!!!!
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Anyone?
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11-06-2010, 8:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Age: 26
Posts: 2,020 City: Loganville State: GA Occupation: Chef Merito sales Rep Other Interests: God, Cars, Weightlifting, Boxing, Sharks, Dogs,
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Wondering if you have any pics of this light in action?
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11-06-2010, 9:03 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 2,261 City: Canton State: GA Occupation: Medical Sales Other Interests: molecular biophysics
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I have no experience with this item or vendor on ebay. I looked at their rating and it is 99.5% positive and the reviews seemed to be enthusiastic. I would say that a new cheaper bulb is probably better than an old better bulb, but thats just my opinion. I base this on the likelyhood of getting better PAR, at the possible risk of inferior spectrum and loss of coloration. If it's all you have money for, you did what you had to do. Please post again with an update on your results, so we will all benefit from this experiment. Thanks, and good luck.
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11-06-2010, 9:19 PM
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11-06-2010, 9:20 PM
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11-12-2010, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 412 City: Pittsview State: AL Occupation: Assembler Other Interests: scuba diving, guitar,Radio controlled gas trucks,farming,engines!!!!
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ok got the lights in
 i pluuged one bulb in to the tank to compare the brightness and color and i have to say it is deffinatly brighter than my current bulbs. here is a pic bulb on left is the new bulb in. Now here is my question now the light fixture came with the bulbs that are in it now so the bulbs will have been in use a year on december 25th yes i got the light for chirstmas lol, now should i go ahead and change the bulbs now or wait till the year mark or closer to it. When would you change them? |
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11-13-2010, 7:55 AM
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Posts: 3,487 City: Kennesaw State: GA Occupation: Ice Cream Warlord Other Interests: Movies, PS3, Travel
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I have the same fixture (well, the 12 lamp one anyway) and changed the factory bulbs after about 9 months - what a difference! I used ATI bulbs and am very happy with the color combo I have.
I would change 2 of them out now and the other 2 on christmas....gives you something to look forward to lol... then start looking into quality bulbs...ATI bulbs are about $20 each. Just buy a bulb when you have an extra $20 in your pocket and tuck it away til you need to change it - its alot better than having to buy all new bulbs in one shot...
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11-13-2010, 8:58 AM
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Posts: 11 City: Canton State: GA Occupation: Owner operator P.F. Chang's Alpharetta Other Interests: Family,Cars,Snow Skiing, Air Soft
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Gnashty are you happy with the growth of your corals with the 12lamp? I am close to pulling the trigger and swapping out my 72inch Current USA with MH and power compact. I have a 210gallon display with wall to wall Corals. From the looks of it Marine Depot appears to have the best price plus no shiiping. Is there a better deal locally?
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11-13-2010, 9:14 AM
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11-13-2010, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 412 City: Pittsview State: AL Occupation: Assembler Other Interests: scuba diving, guitar,Radio controlled gas trucks,farming,engines!!!!
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I am even happy with my 8 bulb on my 125 alph. Now back to the bulbs I would rather change them all at once so I can keep track of bulb age better is that okay to do? My lights are only on for 4 hours a day.
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11-13-2010, 2:58 PM
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11-13-2010, 3:40 PM
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