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Anyone have or know where to get a small power compact? Iv made a small sea horse tank (8"x8"x15"T) and now I need something go make the micro grow and light up the horses. I just guessed PC would be the best bet because of the size.. I thought maybe LED but thats alot of trouble hehe.
 
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Corallife makes a small 8w that screws into a regular incandescent socket.
 
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Try the lighting section of the nano reef board:
http://www.nano-reef.com/

Look up the 70W MH while you are there! :)

Also, I think those coralife bulbs come in 10 and 20W from what I have seen online.
 
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yes the coralife PC bulbs that screw into regular sockets come in 10w and 20w. i am using 8 of them to light my 20g high tank.
 
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i buy them at The Pet Shop in the fountains. the 10w is like $11 and the 20w is like $22.
 
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go to City Pets, they have these generic PC for like less then $20 bucks and it looks and works great too! Had mine on 24hrs for 6 months in my refugium with no problem.
 
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the problem with the generic PC is that it puts off all white light. that is why i had to go for the coralife ones.
 
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you can also find generic pc bulbs in actinic or 50/50. They are listed all over the net for sale...maybe even some lfs in houston.

Brandon
 
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I have an even easier lighting method. Go to Lowes and to the extension cord section. There you will find these small worklights made by a company called Bayco. They are 13 watt PCs and havea 6400K bulb in them. They also come in a sealed clear tube, so you don't have to worry about salt creep. Cost about 20 bucks. You can also order 50/50 or 10,000K bulbs from hellolights if you want.

Here is a pic of one of mine in a hood I built for my 2.5

http://community.webshots.com/photo/63492760/122812871LiEjgq
 
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