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Old 02-17-2007, 09:04 PM
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i third albert's suggestion on T5's. a 6 bulb deep fixture would probably be enough. I have an 8 bulb fixture over top of my 48x24x24 tank, and it's TOO much lighting for softies and lps lol. i'm going to swap out some of the 50/50 bulbs for pure actinics and hopefully get some colour back.

Eventually when my tank's old enough, I'm going to switch to SPS, and vent my tek light fixture, and hopefully increase my par by 50%
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Old 02-18-2007, 04:12 AM
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I have the 48" Infinity and it comes with external magnetic ballasts and an electronic starter built into the canopy. The ballasts are about 6" longx4"highx4"wide..it will become very hot when fired so you definitely don't want to put it in any cabinets..

If your all about the SPS and Clams, I'd say go for the HQI and 4 T5 HO unit as it will be much much more intense then the 8 T5 banks alone..but please don't put all your cabbage into the lighting if you can't afford a skimmer that's of any good German/Italian quality.

Hope this helps. BTW....the infinity is super sexy

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Old 02-18-2007, 05:43 AM
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Daryl, we can't all be as pimp as you, LOL.

PS. Infiniti IS pretty sexy... But it's no Koenigsegg CCX.
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Old 02-18-2007, 05:47 AM
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X-Treme is considering the Infinity..I say go for it ...suppa sexy
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Old 02-18-2007, 07:27 AM
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Eh? What about fancy German supercars?
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