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Old 09-12-2006, 09:52 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I was reading an article on PC lighting that stated a 55wt PC is comparable to a 95wt vho.
Anyone agree?
If this is so than I have 36wt x 3 PC 50/50 over a 20 cube and that would be about 150wt. I'm keeping soft corals only so that might be too much? Maybe I need to drop 1 PC?
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Old 09-13-2006, 07:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Im running 130watts of PC on a 20 high. Except for allot of evap no problems, my corals are loving it (mostly softies too).

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