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10-07-2007, 11:34 AM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Originally Posted by geekdafied  And those el cheapo MH's units you see on ebay and other places, there ballasts are crap. You can put a 20,000K bulb in them and it still looks yellowish. Good units other then the ballasts, but thats 75% of the cost. | See what I mean? I told you people would dog that fixture. Even though I've had mine for well over a year without a single problem and it's the same brand and everything, people don't listen. And mine looks PLENTY blue! Whatever!
Not only that, but you used the wrong spelling of "their." HAHAHA _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | 
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10-07-2007, 12:00 PM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Originally Posted by Brandon1023 See what I mean? I told you people would dog that fixture. Even though I've had mine for well over a year without a single problem and it's the same brand and everything, people don't listen. And mine looks PLENTY blue! Whatever!
Not only that, but you used the wrong spelling of "their." HAHAHA | I didnt mention the part about them burning down houses. Thats probally an urban legend.
As for my spelling, bite me! When you've spent as much time as I did the last 48hrs picking up fish, bagging, delivering fish, picking up corals, dipping corals and acclimating them then we'll see how well your typing is. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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10-07-2007, 12:12 PM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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10-07-2007, 05:11 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Okinawa Japan Age: 26
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Originally Posted by Brandon1023 | 
a few of us noobs are getting great info from this thread, I for one have been looking heavily into all lights linked here. lets not go off on a tangent and start arguing... please | |
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10-07-2007, 06:17 PM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Cant we all just get along......I bought one of those " el cheapo " lights from ebay and so far so good. My house is still in one piece( knocking on wood ) and the lights( odyssea 48" MH's ) are working just great. _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | 
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10-07-2007, 07:09 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: TITUSVILLE, FL Age: 31
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Hell I Have Those Lights They Are Great No Problems Here My House Still Standing Not Even A Smell Of Smoke. Just Dont Hook Them Up To A Timer Thats Not Rated For Mhs, Thats What Most People Do Then Complain When The Lights Break | |
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10-07-2007, 07:36 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 35
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the burning houses part is not urban legend.those were older lights though.they sold lights that were dangerous and low quality,often not even the right spectrum.as time went on and they made money,they began to improove the lights.personally thats not the way i beleave in doing buisiness but whatever.point is i just don't trust them,but as long as their around,it will keep other companies from charging an arm and a leg for what is basically just a light.
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella | |
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10-08-2007, 06:30 PM
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#28 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2007
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I have a 75G and when I was looking for lighting I changed my mined 50 different times, I went from being dead set on getting a Orbit Extreme or some type of premade lighting to finally getting a Retro kit and making my own. And by doing that I got much better and more light for less cost. I ended up 2 48" 110watt VHO's and 2 250W 20K MH's and built a conopy added fans for cooling. The reason I went with VHO's and MH's vs. T5HO's was because the people who had T5HO's either loved them or thought they sucked there was no in between, but the VHO and MH combo was recomended more. Another benefit to doing a retro is if you go bigger with you Aquarium all you have to do is build a new canopy and mybe add more MH and VHO vs. starting all over with a premade. I dont have a chiller and my tank stays at 74 degrees all the time.
And as far as buying lighting from EBAY that your choice, but remember its a risk. I would rather buy from a store so atleast when or if it breaks I know I wont have any problems getting it fixed. | |
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10-08-2007, 06:36 PM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Fremont, CA Age: 32
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Can you post a picture of your canopy ENGINE? | |
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