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09/27/2009, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Western PA
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lighting suggestions for novice
First off my unit is a nova extreme, 39w X 4 with a reflector over all 4 bulbs, which I know is the bottom the barrell. It still has the stock lighting (2x39W-10,000K Daylight/2x39W-460nm Actinic), which I haven't replaced the bulbs for about 2 years. I eventually want to keep an anemone. This is over a 29 gallon.
1. Can this lighting support an anemone? 2. Any other brand bulb suggestions other than current usa? |
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09/27/2009, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Parsons, KS
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No, that setup will not support an anemone. I had this unit a while back and my bubble tip suffered. That was with stock bulbs though.....
UVL or Giesmann are both great bulbs. |
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09/27/2009, 01:20 PM
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Location: gainesville, FL
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or ati bulbs
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09/27/2009, 01:26 PM
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Location: Western PA
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bummer on not keeping an anemone
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09/27/2009, 01:58 PM
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Location: Western PA
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the UVLs come as 34" bulb. Would this fit my fixture?
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09/27/2009, 03:27 PM
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Location: Parsons, KS
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Yes. All bulbs listed as 36" are really 34". This is just the size of the fixture itself. Only when you get down to 20", 18" are there actually 2" increments.
I currently run. UVL AquaSun UVL SuperActinics I think the AquaSuns are a little to pink for my taste, and most say that the SuperActinics are lacking in PAR output. I actually love the SuperActinics. They are just supplemental to my MHs though. |
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09/27/2009, 04:09 PM
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Post in here, let Grim or one of the T5 guys know what you want to do. Their may be a bulb selection out there that would allow you to have a 'nem if you keep it in the upper portions of your tank.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1706461 |
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09/27/2009, 06:19 PM
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Tangaroa to 500 gallons
 
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Location: Edmond, OK
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I go to Grim every time I have a T5 question; I'm running 24 - 54W bulbs on my display tank...every one selected by him. JMHO. LL
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