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Old August 18th 03, 11:59 PM
Dragon Slayer
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I use 2 400w 20KK's on my 75 with no supplemental lighting at all,
everything in the tank does great and are growing like weeds. the only
reason to keep the PC's would be for personal eye pleasure to yourself, but
as you stated your happy with the MH's only, so rip em out.

kc

"MoparMan" wrote in message
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OK i have a 100 gallon reef setup and have 2 48"130 watt 50/50 power
compacts,I finally decided on 20k bulbs for my dual 250 metal halide setup
for the same aquarium.Do i still need to use the power compacts for

actinic
or can i just use the 20k setup?I really love the 20k bulbs and want to

take
down the PC's
Thanks




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Old August 19th 03, 03:42 PM
Matthew Comstock
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Dragon Slayer wrote:

I use 2 400w 20KK's on my 75 with no supplemental lighting at all,
everything in the tank does great and are growing like weeds. the only
reason to keep the PC's would be for personal eye pleasure to yourself, but
as you stated your happy with the MH's only, so rip em out.

kc



And I'm using 2x 250W 20kK's on a 75. No supplemental lighting,
everything growing like weeds, etc. etc. You should be fine, just be
aware that anemones and the like will want to be a little higher in the
tank than they would in Dragon Slayer's setup.
-mat

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Old August 22nd 03, 04:15 PM
Mort
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"MoparMan" wrote in message
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Thanks guys but i like the 20k's so much and when i turn on the PC's it
takes away from the look.I will stick with just 20k's,they are beautifull
"Matthew Comstock" wrote in message
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Dragon Slayer wrote:

I use 2 400w 20KK's on my 75 with no supplemental lighting at all,
everything in the tank does great and are growing like weeds. the only
reason to keep the PC's would be for personal eye pleasure to yourself,

but
as you stated your happy with the MH's only, so rip em out.

kc



And I'm using 2x 250W 20kK's on a 75. No supplemental lighting,
everything growing like weeds, etc. etc. You should be fine, just be
aware that anemones and the like will want to be a little higher in the
tank than they would in Dragon Slayer's setup.
-mat





So does that mean you'll have a used 48" PC fixture that you may want to
part with at a reasonable price??? =)

~Mort



 




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