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Old 03-27-2007, 11:05 AM
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Default Re: Lighting Operating Temperature Question

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Originally Posted by jared.bailey View Post
Hey Im new to the hobby and already have a dual 30 inch coralife T-5 setup on my 20 gallon long tank. I know that most marine compact bulbs operate in the 10000K range. My question was what the actinic bulb on my tank does and if a 6500K self ballasted bulb from say walmart would be an ok add on to get some more watts per gallon? Is that operating temperature too low?
I wasn't aware of Walmart selling T5 lighting...is this new?
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