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monsterfishkeeper
02-18-2006, 2:01 PM
is halogen lights suitable for reef tanks. are they as powerful an metal halide lights.
never heard of using halogen and i dont think they are in the right spectrum of light reef tanks are normally 10000k and up
malawi4me2
02-19-2006, 10:34 PM
Yeah, I've never heard of anyone using halogen lights either... I know halides are expensive, but they're worth it! I have a Coralife fixture with a 20000K double-ended halide, 4x96 watts 03 Actinic PC, and two 1 watt blue LEDs. Never been happier!
Princley
02-19-2006, 10:41 PM
Yeah, I've never heard of anyone using halogen lights either... I know halides are expensive, but they're worth it! I have a Coralife fixture with a 20000K double-ended halide, 4x96 watts 03 Actinic PC, and two 1 watt blue LEDs. Never been happier!
metal halide lights is the only way
malwi4me2 is right