Light help!!!

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  1. dee99gt

    dee99gt Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I broke all my old bulbs screwing them out of my t5.. and now I can't even get my new ones to go on... they won't even turn.. what to do?! I don't want my coral to die...
     
    dee99gt, Oct 17, 2011
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  2. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    try to improvise some sort of lighting system and get the rails changed $$$$$$$
     
    Swisswiss, Oct 18, 2011
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  3. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Are you sure you bought the right bulbs to go in? that is normally not a problem when it comes to lighting, i would try and put the new bulbs back in, try seeing if there is like a piece of the old bulb stuck in the end connections.
     
    Zoanthids21, Oct 18, 2011
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  4. NanaReefer

    NanaReefer Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    He said he "broke" his old ones ;)
     
    NanaReefer, Oct 18, 2011
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  5. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    right. so see if the broke ones left a peice in the fixture. it might be enough to keep the new bulb from fitting correctly
     
    DBOSHIBBY, Oct 18, 2011
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  6. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Yeah. haha, maybe i should have re worded a few things for that to come out more clearly.


    But hopefully that works for you. Its never a good thing when corals dont have light.
     
    Zoanthids21, Oct 18, 2011
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  7. dee99gt

    dee99gt Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I had to switch a friend for his t5 and he had to take mine all apart to clean it. My coral was without a light all day.. Working now tho!
     
    dee99gt, Oct 18, 2011
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  8. Zoanthids21

    Zoanthids21 McKoscker’s Flasher Wrasse

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    Thats good!
     
    Zoanthids21, Oct 23, 2011
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  9. thedog12

    thedog12 Astrea Snail

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    try using a potato to get any part of the old bulbs out. it has worked for me when any normal lights brake and i cant get the screw in part out
     
    thedog12, Oct 26, 2011
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