18" Fluorescent Bulbs

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Hello, I can't find any bulb thats 18" that isn't higher then 15 watts. I really want to make my tank brighter and thats the brightest one I can find online and at my lfs. Could you point me to a website selling 20-30w 18" fluorescent bulbs? Thanks,

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Go with dual lighting. It's not expensive to do a retrofit and make an existing set up work that way if you don't want to/can't buy a new top.
 
Go with dual lighting. It's not expensive to do a retrofit and make an existing set up work that way if you don't want to/can't buy a new top.


How do I do a "retrofit" ?? I was thinking of just buying a new top and using the lighting unit out of it, the hood is about 100 dollars US (yeah great island price :rolleyes: ) I really couldn't build my own lighting unit because I would need help from my Dad and he already said it would be to much work.
 
To do a retrofit, you'll want to look in the Do-It-Yourself forum. There are a few ways to do them and I haven't done one yet. I just bought a double light strip. You can find some good ones here.
 
They do ship internationally. Scroll down this page a little ways and you should see where they detail how to do that. I assume you live in the UK? There might be a cheaper alternative there than international shipping from the U.S.
 
Actually no I don't live in the UK. I live in a place closer to the US (30 minutes away from Miami) although it is a British West Indie I think it will be cheaper to ship from US becuase its closer.
 
That should be cheaper. The closer you are internationally, the cheaper it is to ship I assume.
 
Alternatively you could go for Compact fluorescents or T5 lights. But remember increasing the lighting also increases the chances of algae.
 
Alternatively you could go for Compact fluorescents or T5 lights. But remember increasing the lighting also increases the chances of algae.


Yeah I got that undercontrol. I got one of these scaper thingys along with a DIY Co2 injector thats ready for use.

I got a quote for internatinal shipping to the Cayman Islands, it was $112 USD not including merchandise. I mine aswell just go buy a whole new hood and use the light off of that for cheaper...


Voo, How many watts do these compact flourescent and T5 bulbs have?
 
Alternatively you could go for Compact fluorescents or T5 lights. But remember increasing the lighting also increases the chances of algae.


Yeah I got that undercontrol. I got one of these scaper thingys along with a DIY Co2 injector thats ready for use.

I got a quote for internatinal shipping to the Cayman Islands, it was $112 USD not including merchandise. I mine aswell just go buy a whole new hood and use the light off of that for cheaper...


Voo, How many watts do these compact flourescent and T5 bulbs have?
my god!!!!!!!!!!!! the ballast is only £13.99 in the uk, and thats a retail shop, not an internet one. tubes are £6.99-£7.99 for 18" you must be able to get better than $112 just for postage. are you 240v or 110v?
 

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