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Old 07-17-2004, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Richer
I'm thinking about getting this MH/PC combo pendent sometime in the future for my 30 gallon tank... my question is, which 175 watt bulb should I use? 10000k, or 12000k? Since this pendent has 2x28watt actinic pc bulbs in it, does it really matter?

I figure its probably going to be up to my own preference... but I've never run a tank with any bulb with a K rating higher than 10000k, so I don't really know what a higher K bulb will look like.

-Richer
It's all up to what you like. Here is a couple links to compare 250w bulbs(it'll give you a good idea).

look down the right side of the page.

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/

and here is another taken from the same page.

http://metricksystem.com/chris/250wcolour/

Hope that helps!

Walter
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