Re: Lighting a 125

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• Subject: Re: Lighting a 125
• From: RTalukdar at mail_utexas.edu (Roni Talukdar)
• Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 08:15:51 -0500

>From what I've seen in the Grainger catalog, there are no lisitings for 6
>foot T8 bulbs and electronic ballasts for that size. I would like to get a
>125 gallon tank which is 72 inches long, and prefer to use T8 bulbs over
>T12 because T8's are reputedly more efficient.
>
>Does any one have any advice on what lighting to use?

Ahhh, another person with a six foot tank...  I'm using 4 T8s staggered and
one 175 W MH in the middle for my tank.  The easiest way to light the tank
would have been 2 175 W MH + 2 32 T8s, but I didn't have the money for 2
MHs.  You could also stagger 8 T8s and get a comparable amount of light.

-Roni
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