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Originally Posted by NATIVEVAMAN  The Atlanta aquarium uses 14 1000 watt bulbs,and even 400 watt bulbs are rare.Outside of those 2 applications there is nothing a t-5 cant do in aquarium applications.Sodium vapor is sometimes used in aquariums but I personaly have never seen one over a tank or seen a bulb for them listed for sale.We are not comparing apples and oranges,we are comparing apples and hand grenades lol. |
I've seen plenty of people with 400w MH bulbs over SPS only tanks. They work great, but I wouldn't want the temp or electric bill issues.
Iwasaki bulbs are actually MV bulbs, not MH bulbs and are used over reef tanks, although their most common reef bulbs are very yellow.