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01-28-2006, 08:56 PM
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DanG.
Indeed, a ghetto tank. the perculas will have "dice games" every thursday and saturday.  
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01-28-2006, 08:58 PM
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Invigor, T8's?
I heard of this over driving through ice caps etc but can these items you speak of be purchased from Canadian tire or from another budget store not meant for aquarists?
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01-28-2006, 09:21 PM
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hmm workhorse ballasts shouldn't be hard to find, but they're about $50 manufactured by "fulham". I've had best luck with philips daylight deluxe bulbs from home depot, they're about $5/bulb and 6500k they must shift colors when you crank em up cuz they get whiter. (I do however now run t5s and halides, but done on a ghetto budget and all DIY)
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01-28-2006, 09:33 PM
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Overdriving - pretty easy on T8/T12s... Take a 2x40 ballast, hook up so that both leads are powering one bulb. Its just that easy. (yes people do take a 4x40 ballast and drive one bulb with it...)
Do your reading on ODNO before you do it though. If you don't do it right, you could easily burn your house down. Andy
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01-28-2006, 09:42 PM
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Ahhh, you're just mimicking the commercial pet stores
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01-28-2006, 11:13 PM
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No no no That is not getto.If you want to go cheap, I mean really cheap do what I did. I went to home depot and bought Phillips screw in PC's 6500k and my corals are doing fine. I even have a birds nest frag in the tank to see if SPS will grow under it. It has been three months and its not dead, it looks fine. I am running 6 of these bulbs on the tank 27watts each but its nice that you dont need a ballast for them because they are self ballast. So far so good
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