lawdawg18
05/29/2009, 08:49 AM
I posted this in the equipment section but it wasn't getting much action so I thought I would try here.
I have been moving my 150 aquarium to our new house. The tank is going in wall. I will be doing away with the canopy and hanging the lights from the ceiling. It is time for new bulbs, I have had these for several years. I have two icecap 430 ballast. Each ballast runs 2 72inch VHO tubes.
I am not finding a large selection of t12 bulbs, are they outdated??
I was wondering since I am going to replace the tubes and rewire if I should look into other lighting options.
How much more trouble and $$ to go with T5s? Are the 5s better than the 12s??
I think the 430 will also power PC lights. are those good option??
For whatever lighting methods you suggest please include some specifics number of bulbs, lengths, VHOs, etc etc....
No corals in the tank right now but I do plan to add corals.
Jason
I have been moving my 150 aquarium to our new house. The tank is going in wall. I will be doing away with the canopy and hanging the lights from the ceiling. It is time for new bulbs, I have had these for several years. I have two icecap 430 ballast. Each ballast runs 2 72inch VHO tubes.
I am not finding a large selection of t12 bulbs, are they outdated??
I was wondering since I am going to replace the tubes and rewire if I should look into other lighting options.
How much more trouble and $$ to go with T5s? Are the 5s better than the 12s??
I think the 430 will also power PC lights. are those good option??
For whatever lighting methods you suggest please include some specifics number of bulbs, lengths, VHOs, etc etc....
No corals in the tank right now but I do plan to add corals.
Jason