imdaring
love my reef
when do I nee to change my bulbs?? is 6 mon or 1 year
bulb replacment???
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biodarwin
Reefing newb
What kind of lights do you have? This makes a big difference.
imdaring
love my reef
I have 2 250 wt MH, and 4 54wt T5 HO antinic blue
yote
In Memoriam
9 months on the halides 12 months with the T-5s.
ccCapt
Reef Hacker
According to some tests done by Dr. Sanjay Joshi, you can easily get 12-18 months from a MH bulb. If I remember correctly, in the 1st 6 months, a MH bulb will lose aprox 10% of it's output. During the next 12 months, it will only lose about 5% more for a total of aprox 15% loss of output in 18 months. After about 18 months, the bulbs start shifting in color to more red.
T5's are good for about a year.
T5's are good for about a year.
yote
In Memoriam
Thats good to know right there.
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
Yup. I run T5 lights. They do best when they are LESS than 12 months old. After 12 months they will start changing colors and promoting algae growth.
mennazeher04
Reefing newb
what about power compacts? are those a year like the T5 bulbs?
yote
In Memoriam
I always heard to change PCs every 6 to 8 months.
daugherty
part time reefer
when i had pc's i changed them about every 9 to 10 months
