07-29-2003, 01:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 3,591
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I had four incandescent-base compact fluorescents, 23W each, from when I lived in Victoria- Gord Campbell was giving them away this spring. Put 'em in, suddenly had 92 watts of light over my 20, and I had happy happy soft corals for about 25 bucks (thanks to the Gov't of BC.).
Problem is, the light is very warm compared to the crisp blue that a reef tank normally has (the corals haven't minded in the least so far- my green star polyp is taking over the world.) Anyway, if you haven't been able to take advantage of the Liberal government's largesse, Home Deep sells a similar bulb by Phillips for about 10 bucks each.
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Kind of shows that one can have a reef tank without SPS. Thus avoiding major cost overruns.
 
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