Should I panic yet - actinic's blown?

evangotte · 03/07/2006, 06:11 AM

Hi,

We've been having multiple power failures here for the last 2 weeks. A result is that my actinic's have blown. My white's are also giving off a very yellow light. The replacement bulbs are coming, but will only be here Friday at the earliest. Should I be concerned about my tank crashing? I will do a major water change on Friday night as well.

The lights I have are 2 x 54watt T5 white, 2 x 54watt T5 Actinics. I plan to replace all 4 on friday night.

Thanks.

kamil5000 · 03/07/2006, 06:39 AM

I Blew my actinic balast and waited for about 10 days to get a replacment. I had no problems whatsoever.

You should be fine.

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OrangeKoi · 03/07/2006, 07:11 AM

Ahah! That power outage we had!, I was wondering why my light failed. It wasn't that old. thanks.

03/07/2006, 06:11 AM	#1
evangotte Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 4	Should I panic yet - actinic's blown? Hi, We've been having multiple power failures here for the last 2 weeks. A result is that my actinic's have blown. My white's are also giving off a very yellow light. The replacement bulbs are coming, but will only be here Friday at the earliest. Should I be concerned about my tank crashing? I will do a major water change on Friday night as well. The lights I have are 2 x 54watt T5 white, 2 x 54watt T5 Actinics. I plan to replace all 4 on friday night. Thanks. __________________ Evan Gotte Cape Town, South Africa.

03/07/2006, 06:39 AM	#2
kamil5000 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 398	I Blew my actinic balast and waited for about 10 days to get a replacment. I had no problems whatsoever. You should be fine. and *To Reef Central* __________________ "It's supposed to look like that! - It's a hair and slime algea biotope!" Current Tank Info: 200g display tank - Envision Acrylic, 50g LR sump, 40g water treatment tank, 75g RDSB + refugium, Deltec TC 2560 external skimmer, Deltec phos & carb reactor, Tunze Wavebox plus Tunze ph, 2 x Iwaki returns, Koralline reactor, LED lights

03/07/2006, 07:11 AM	#3
OrangeKoi Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Va Posts: 556	Ahah! That power outage we had!, I was wondering why my light failed. It wasn't that old. thanks.