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Old December 14th, 2012, 07:16 PM   #1
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I'm havin a problem growing these type of plants I have a home depote shop light over tanks 12 hours a day is there anything I can do ph is about 7.6
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Old December 16th, 2012, 08:48 PM   #2
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The fixture is fine but you can not use a regular bulb
replace it with a plant bulb usually around 6700 k
the ph is a little high, not too bad.
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I had very good results with the clamp on shop lights too. 6500l grow bulbs. They're pretty big and look blueish. The t8s are hard to find in 48". I have a guy i order bulbs from ill see if he has them
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Old December 16th, 2012, 09:55 PM   #4
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I may be posting a contest soon. First prize _ a dual power compact Coralife light fixture shown in my videos. Keep a look outfor details

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Old December 16th, 2012, 10:30 PM   #5
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I did get the t5 ;all bulbs now fit conventional fixtures they modified the two prong ends🌞🌞🎅🎅
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t8 48" come in 2 different bulbs
a 40 watt and a 32 watt
match the ballast
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Old December 17th, 2012, 09:01 PM   #7
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Ohh I get it now ill have to c what ballast the shop light has like I said in last post the bulb is 32 watts����and it is a t8
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Did you ever find the 6500k bulb for your shop light?
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Old January 7th, 2013, 11:10 PM   #9
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Yes I did I bought a color bulb for bringing out the colors in the tank I thinks it's t-8
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Old January 7th, 2013, 11:18 PM   #10
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But like Steve said you got to match the ballast ; but so far the shop light is working fine it's on a timer from 1130a to 1035 p
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t8 and t12 ARE PRETTY MUCH INTERCHANGABLE if they are the same watts and fit in the fixture
t12 being bigger at 1 1/2" and t8 being 1"
also there are rapid start and instant start you can not switch those
just read the ballast
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Thanks for the information
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