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improdigal 
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 Topic: Actinics: VHO vs PowerCompact
Posted: July 02 2004 at 7:45pm |
Are VHO's that much better to justify the extra $$? Specifically with regards to color you get out of your corals.
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Posted: July 02 2004 at 7:57pm |
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i love my VHO's over my PC's. $24 a bulb and 39 for the ballest i don't think its any more the PC's.
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Posted: July 02 2004 at 8:38pm |
It's all opinion, but I really like VHO over PC when it comes to actinics. But some of the newer actinic PC bulbs are making that choice harder.
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Posted: July 02 2004 at 11:12pm |
I think the VHOs look much better, and I really don't think they're any more expensive. These are the VHOs I have and they look great. A ballast can be found pretty cheap too.
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improdigal
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Posted: July 03 2004 at 7:08am |
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I brought it up because I was looking at a couple all-in-one lights setups that had MH Daylight, actinic, and Moonlights all in one unit. The difference between the VHO and PC actinics was $200-$300
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Posted: July 03 2004 at 8:01am |
It's all opinion. My system uses 2 175 watt mh(12k) and 4 55 watt pc's(2 act/2 10k), I I think they're great! I believe that if I had vho's in place, I'ld be equally as pleased, though.
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Posted: July 03 2004 at 10:11am |
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I like my pc's. That's just because I can get a higher wattage in a more useful configuration (my opinion of course). I also highly recomend getting electronic ballast to run you lights, much cooler and no noise.
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Posted: July 05 2004 at 8:13pm |
Decided to the steal the VHO's off my 180 Gallon FW tank. They came with it and they don't need that much light. I'll trade them with the NOs I have on my Saltwater right now. So that'll leave me with 4 36" blue VHO actinics and 2 or 3 250W MHs....Should work nicely.
Now I just have to finish building my canopy. 
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Posted: July 06 2004 at 9:07am |
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Usually the same ballast is used to run 36" and 48" fluorescent tubes. Check it out!
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