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Old 06/25/2007, 02:49 AM
TeeLapia TeeLapia is offline
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12" T5

I was at my LFS and noticed that they had 12" T-5 for sale (bulbs). The reason it drew my attention is because I have a 12g nano, so I was wondering if anyone has seen 12" T-5 and are they recommended in the reef aquaria. It is 8w, but had kelvin ratings of up to 20k and 14k.
Any and every insight will be high praised.
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Old 06/25/2007, 10:12 AM
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Old 06/25/2007, 04:12 PM
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Old 06/25/2007, 09:24 PM
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those are t5no, not t5ho
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Old 06/25/2007, 11:45 PM
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Here are more normal output T5 lamps as short as 11.5":
http://www.pegasusassociates.com/T5L...uorescents.jsp
http://www.pegasusassociates.com/FluorescentT5Lamps.jsp

There are even smaller (9"-46" lengths) T4 lamps:
http://www.pegasusassociates.com/FluorescentT4Lamps.jsp

Unfortunately, I don't find T5HO lamps shorter than 22":
http://www.pegasusassociates.com/Flu...tT5HOLamps.jsp
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Old 06/26/2007, 12:23 AM
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That's a shame! I wish I could buy 12" t-5 HO for dawn/dusk on my 30 cube. I have a 150W HQI and would love to add up to 4 12" HO T-5's.

Why let the PC bulbs rule the nano/pico/fuge/small grow-out tank? Why not a 12" t-5 HO bulb?????

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