Lighting for Refug?

Discussion in 'Refugium' started by andyh10051987, Oct 18, 2008.

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  1. andyh10051987

    andyh10051987 Astrea Snail

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    Hello everyone,

    I have a 55 gal tank and i just bought a 10 gal tank from petco yesterday to set up my refugium. I was just wondering what lighting would be sufficient enough for it (if you can send links so i can see that would be awsome!)

    Thanks everyone!:)
     
    andyh10051987, Oct 18, 2008
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  2. rothany206

    rothany206 Spaghetti Worm

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    i ghetto rigged my fuge with 2x65 watts of light but u can go with any kind of home fixtures at home depot its jut to keep the macro algae alive
     
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  3. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    I plan on running 1x65w from home depot
     
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  4. silverwolf72

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  5. andyh10051987

    andyh10051987 Astrea Snail

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    wow i didn't know ordinary home light would do, if so then this is great! thanks everyone ! should i have 2 of those 23 spiral watt light or one should be good enough?
     
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  6. silverwolf72

    silverwolf72 Skunk Shrimp

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    What ever you need to cover the fuge. I got the bigger reflector for the shop light so I was only able to add one
     
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  7. techno2

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  8. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    This is the light fixture that I have on my refugium, with the exception of, that I changed out the 50/50 bulbs and installed 2 7100K daylight bulbs. They work great. You can get away with some bulbs that HD sells, just make sure that you get at least a 6500K bulb. Luna
     
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  9. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Sorry, this is the light fixture.

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  10. techno2

    techno2 Stylophora

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    Hey Luna.
    Neither unit says what the bulbs are. Do you know what the 50/50 rating is ?


    Cheers
     
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