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homer1475 · 01/14/2016, 01:38 PM

Ok so after doing some research, the biocube comes with power compacts. I had always thought they were T5's.

The difference is basically a power compact is a folder over T5. 2 tubes to a single connector, Vs a single bulb. It also seems it requires twice as many PC's to equal the output of a T5.

01/14/2016, 01:38 PM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Ok so after doing some research, the biocube comes with power compacts. I had always thought they were T5's. The difference is basically a power compact is a folder over T5. 2 tubes to a single connector, Vs a single bulb. It also seems it requires twice as many PC's to equal the output of a T5. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"