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Lighting, Filtration & Other Equipment Specific discussions on aquarium equipment from protein skimmers to water pumps. Which are the best, what they do, and what you might need for your reef aquarium.

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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
Nice work! Love the PVC bracing idea.

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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
What type of light, ah come on you can tell us. We will keep it a secret.

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What type of light, ah come on you can tell us. We will keep it a secret.
lol, oh you'll find out very soon. It's installed and working great but i didn't have time to post the pics before work so you'll find out sometime soon
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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
tease!

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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
Ok here it is. it's a 65watt Lights of America wall fixture with 6700k bulb and almost 7,000 lumens intensity. this thing is bright.







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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
Nice! From home Depot. Sure beats the little twist PC's I've been using and with a cover lens to boot. Guess I know where I will be going later today. Great share!

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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
yep homedepot, this unit cost about $40 there are different styles of fixtures but with the same bulb, the bulb is part number 9116b
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yep homedepot, this unit cost about $40 there are different styles of fixtures but with the same bulb, the bulb is part number 9116b
Just bought a 100 watt fixture just like the 65 watt one. They only had one 65 watt in an open box and it was missing the screws for the cover lens. I really do not know how many will sell here in Fairbanks Alaska for outdoor lighting though, as they will not light well at all at temperatures as cold as the winter average temperatures here. Plus being plastic they will shatter the first time some cluck hits the case trying to make the light go on in the cold. That plastic will be in a million pieces if hit at 30 to 50 degrees below zero. It sure fills the ticket for a refugium light though. $56 for the 100 watt light up here.

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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
I saw that one down here and thought about getting that one but figured i'd give the 65 watt a run. you'll have to let us know how the 100 does.
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Re: Fuge/pod farm build thread
heres an update on the Chaeto growth!! I think it's been a month now since i've set it up, defiinitly worth $40 for the light.

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