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Will a Car HID Xenon Light Work on a reef Tank
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the entire light setup cost me 26$ salvage computer power sorce & ballist 10$ for 2 new10k bulbs 7$ for sheet aluminum to make reflector 9$ in electrical parts to set up power suply 2 resistors 1 switch 2 b jacks this power suply can run 4 bulbs
the entire light setup cost me 26$ salvage computer power sorce & ballist 10$ for 2 new10k bulbs 7$ for sheet aluminum to make reflector 9$ in electrical parts to set up power suply 2 resistors 1 switch 2 b jacks this power suply can run 4 bulbs
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lumins per watt means nothing useable lumins per watt is what counts xenon puts out more useable & visable lumins per watt then any other light i have used you can have a 400 watt mh light but if 50%of the light is not useable 400 watts means nothing
lumins per watt means nothing useable lumins per watt is what counts xenon puts out more useable & visable lumins per watt then any other light i have used you can have a 400 watt mh light but if 50%of the light is not useable 400 watts means nothing
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Kwaai lappies ...I'm going to put T5s under my car for streetglo effect
Lovely colours there bud .... And I see a pineapple under the sea .... So Spongebob has retired by your place .... Anyway we could get some closeups of the different corals you have there
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To be honest, any light will work over plastic corals 
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leslie hempel
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or no light at all for that matter!
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Me n my friend tim put 4 of thees bulbs over nis 180gal reef 1 15k and 1 10 k on each side replacing a
400w mh light all of his softies and sps are doing better then ever he has ben useing xenon for 6
And all his coarls love it. We also
Have seen a large reducrion in nuisance algae groth also A burst in coralin groth he was not useing a cheep mh bulb eather he was useing a Hamilton 400watt hqi. I will poast pics of his tank when I see him agian he lives 80 miles from me if he has time maby he will email me some pics to poast I also took a spectral reading on his Hamilton and on the xenon hamilton paeks in blue slumps down and hsa a small peak in red xenon peaks in blue slopes down a bit then is flat acrost and slopes up again in red the mesurment from xenon more closely mimics mid day sun light then any oher light. I have measured
400w mh light all of his softies and sps are doing better then ever he has ben useing xenon for 6
And all his coarls love it. We also
Have seen a large reducrion in nuisance algae groth also A burst in coralin groth he was not useing a cheep mh bulb eather he was useing a Hamilton 400watt hqi. I will poast pics of his tank when I see him agian he lives 80 miles from me if he has time maby he will email me some pics to poast I also took a spectral reading on his Hamilton and on the xenon hamilton paeks in blue slumps down and hsa a small peak in red xenon peaks in blue slopes down a bit then is flat acrost and slopes up again in red the mesurment from xenon more closely mimics mid day sun light then any oher light. I have measured