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    Question True actinic lighting for very small tanks?

    I am setting up a 5 gallon tank for dwarf seahorses. I will have some low aggresion corals in the tank, but nothing that requires high light. I am considering using PC lighting, but I have yet to see a true .03 actinic PC bulb.

    What I want to know is where, if anywhere, I could find a 12" - 15" long NO actinic, 50/50 or 10000K and wiring hardware? Is it even possible to find NO fluorescence (both actinc and normal) in such small sizes? I really do not need or want the high power lighting associated with PC's as this is supposed to be a low - moderate lighting tank and will be stocked as such.

    TIA,
    Mark

    P.S. I forgot to add: Don't even mention AHSupply's 13 watt "blue" PC's. Been there, done that and I regret it. After seeing a 15 watt, 18" .03 actinic, there is no comparison. The blue PC's are just tinted.
    Last edited by MarkS; 10-21-2001 at 02:25 AM.
    2 + 2 != 4

    Two is only loosely associated with two by a plus sign and therefore doesn't enter the equation at all since it is only there by mere complicity. We shouldn't count it and leave well enough alone.

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    I used a ballast and end caps from a Under the cabinet 15watt No setup they sell them at walmart for like $5? I dunno then I went and bought a actinic03 for it..Looks awesome its the only actinic supplementation with my 2x65wat LOA's on my 25gallon reef..
    90g SPS tank 90x hour turnover-

    SELLING IT ALL AND GETTING OUT OF THE HOBBY FOR AWHILE...

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    I'd do the same as Bamm Bamm. Standard 15 Watt tube (I don't think they come in 14watt tubes that fit over 5.f gallon tanks)


 

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