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04/15/2008, 10:38 AM
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metal halides and acrylic tanks, will they cook them?
Someone said I might have a problem with my acrylic and my halides, is this true? I plan on running 2 250 watts, I don't think I sould have any problems, I will be mounting them over the holes.
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04/15/2008, 10:56 AM
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if they have enough space then there wont be a problem how close are the bulbs to the acrylic?
how thick is the acrylic?
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04/15/2008, 10:58 AM
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the bottom of the reflectors are 6'' from the top. The acrylic is aout 1/3'' or so.
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04/15/2008, 12:35 PM
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i have a 75gal tank guy that had the tank before me had 400w mh's on it i've had my 250w's on it not a problem
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04/15/2008, 12:38 PM
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04/15/2008, 01:31 PM
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If you have a problem melting the acrylic your also going to fry your tank. They kinda would have to go hand in hand if you think about it.
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04/15/2008, 01:39 PM
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so its no problem?
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