What kind of ballast
 

what type of ballast that i can find in edmonton? i was looking at this one forum about overdriveing the bulbs by 4X by using 4 lamp F32T8 ballast but i couldn't find it at home depot they don't carrie them no more, is there ne other DIY lighing system, i don't wanna spend a chunk of money just for a lighting

What kind of ballast
 

Check electronic wholesales! they have all kinds of ballasts for the same price the pets stores buys them for!

What kind of ballast
 

if you can find them I think your best bet would be to go with a Workhorse ballast, they are made by Fulham and are a high quality electronic Ballast that can run different bulbs even at the same time like a IceCap. the difference.. they are a lot cheeeper than a icecap, have a higher outdoor rating and also a higher noise raiting.

Steve

What kind of ballast
 

Hi,

I agree with Stircrazy, that your best bet is to get a Workhorse. 2x overdrive by default is on the Workhorse 5 and 7.

For a list of local distributors, check out www.fulham.com. They have a list of distributors for your area.

- Victor.

What kind of ballast
 

Hello,

I believe the IceCap is quiet enough as it is right now. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Titus

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">um... you trying to make a obscure joke Titus? ;)
the IceCap is a very noisy ballast (as in electrical interferiance)

the Fultham is a
Class P (Thermal) Sound Rating - A
Type 1 Outdoors

whare IceCap also has a sound rating of "A" but for some reason it interfears with X-10 (this is what I mean by noisey)

its outdoor rating is only a "Type 2 Outdoors" which means it cannot handle as much moisture as a "Type 1 Outdoors"

anyways just in savings on price alone you are farther ahead with a Fulham workhorse.

Steve

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Tony, I wouldn't worry about more lighting right now on your tank. It seems that you have sufficient lighting for now. Why don't you start getting a bit of livestock and coral and see how well they grow under you exhisting lighting. I guarantee that mushrooms and zoanthids and leathers will do excellent in your tank if the water perameters are good. Just a suggestion.

Des

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hey dez can i buy some frag off of u? i remember u telling me that u had a coral farm or something like that

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do the Workhorse 5 and 7 run VHO?

What kind of ballast
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">yes, the WH7 will run VHO in two ways.. the first being underdriven like a IceCap runs them, the second being at full power, but when you do it the second way you can ony run one tube per ballast instead of two. I am not sure about the WH5 as I have never tried that one.

Steve