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Lighting question
I am only running MH (3 400W pendants) and would like to add 2 of these in the near future (UVL 60 Inch VHO Super Actinic Bulb (140 Watts)) to my tank. Here are my questions.
Do i need to buy reflectors for them? (they do have a built-in reflectors).
And what kind of ballast would go great with these?..thanks
Reefing is just like cooking, all the ingredients have to be just right , except you don't have to bring the water to a BOIL...
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I'm running two 48" VHO actinic bulbs 110w each with built in 180degree reflectors and without external reflectors and I have them mounted in an acrylic rack mount. I have them along side 2 250w MH lights. I'm using an ARO ballast but prefered my previous ballast: IceCap 660. Though the ARO ballast has an on/off button on it...
I do not think reflectors are that important with actinic, though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to have some.
Last edited by Mr Cob; Fri, 21st Nov 2008 at 07:45 PM.
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Additional reflectors are not needed. The internal reflectors on the VHO bulbs work perfect. I would recommend the Icecap 660 as well, high quality ballast that I have never had problems with.
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Thanks you 2.
Reefing is just like cooking, all the ingredients have to be just right , except you don't have to bring the water to a BOIL...
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