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raesunrae · 10/16/2010, 11:13 PM

Someone made me an offer on th MH's...I sold them... I couldn't handle the brightness all over my living room. PLUS, all I kept seeing through the bright light was $$ signs! LOL!

I already have a 36 watt T5 HO fixture. 18w 10k and 18w actinc. I ordered another just like it. That will give me 72w T5HO individual reflectors. No worries about heat and elecric bill.

Can anyone tell me what coral I can grow with this lighting? They are individual reflectors. Plus I have an Ecoxotic actinic LED strip. All this is over a 24G Nano. Glass top.

Thanks for all your help!!

10/16/2010, 11:13 PM	#11
raesunrae Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Nashville, Tn. Posts: 22	Someone made me an offer on th MH's...I sold them... I couldn't handle the brightness all over my living room. PLUS, all I kept seeing through the bright light was $$ signs! LOL! I already have a 36 watt T5 HO fixture. 18w 10k and 18w actinc. I ordered another just like it. That will give me 72w T5HO individual reflectors. No worries about heat and elecric bill. Can anyone tell me what coral I can grow with this lighting? They are individual reflectors. Plus I have an Ecoxotic actinic LED strip. All this is over a 24G Nano. Glass top. Thanks for all your help!! Last edited by raesunrae; 10/16/2010 at 11:19 PM. Reason: wrong word