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Any thoughts for cheap refugium lighting?

I just need 1/3 of my 3' 33gal lit. Since I can't
seem to get a good working LoA PC lamp, I might
as well pick up something locally. What are
you all using? I'm contemplating just buying a
used 33gal out of the paper for $75 and
scavenging the light from it.

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WH 3 and 2x 28w PCs.. That will set you back around $110

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Where would one go about getting those?

Thanks

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Hi,

A cheaper way is to pop by a hardware store and get one of those outdoor compact fluorescent lamps (the one of those from philips with built in ballast). You will probably need 1 to 2 20W to 30W lamps and a couple of lamp socket to get it working. Kelvin colour is around 2700K-4000K or so...perfect for refugium (you are trying to grow algae right ?).

PCs are cooler...but they are more expensive.

- Victor.

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Thanks for the suggestions. I had other business
down there so I exchanged my LoA 65W again today,
this time I've modified the heck out of it so
hopefully it won't overheat this time.

We'll see :>

If it does, the outdoor compact flouro sounds
like a fantastic idea.

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reefburnaby is right and you can even found daylight 6500k one in some store