SeanCallan Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Is it possible in the OG style 12g to get 2 28w PC bulbs? I wanted to go with this and do my first "DIY" with the cube, but I wasn't sure if the bulbs would been too long. I was going to get my bulbs and ballasts from Hellolights.com; does anyone have any ballasts recommendations? Link to comment
compulou Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Hey Sean, I'm in the same boat you are. My wife bought me the Nano for Christmas. I love her for such a great gift but if I would of known I would of had her at least get the Nano 12g DX. But anyways I also have been wanting to upgrade my lights so I'm going this route: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...903019&tc=photo Check it out, I have one on order now. It will upgrade you to 48w which is a bit better. Good Luck... Link to comment
Howf777 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 i did the retro with the kit from hellolights, the prob i had was the bulb was a bit long so it sit diagnol in my hood. i think its better if you bought another 24w ballast from JBJ, this way you can even put a few of them in there. There are a few ppl with 90+watts in their cubes Link to comment
sterling18 Posted April 8, 2005 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Looks like I'm in the same boat. But here's my dilema. I went out and got a DX Hood Gen2, I believe where the splash guard goes all the way to the back. So what do you think. Do I just get two 24 50/50 bulbs in that or go 70Watt MH. Part of me wants to do the 70MH since I have a spare hood but the other part keeps reminding me that it's just a 12gl tank. That if I should save up and go for a bigger tank and just mod it out for to DX specs. So it goes down to what I can keep in either config. I know I can get somewhat wicket with the stuff if I get the MH or I can get the low light stuff with the DX hood. What would you do? Link to comment
SeanCallan Posted April 9, 2005 Author Share Posted April 9, 2005 Well with a MH, if you really want the "Wicked" stuff, such as SPS, you're going to need a huge upgrade in flow. I have an old nano around and mainly I want to keep rics for a project I'm working. So I don't really NEED the MH power. I have a custom 60g being finalized that will hold all the SPS from my other tank. Link to comment
Naperville Reef Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 if any of you guys are interested......... i just purchased MH for my nano cube and here is what i have that i'm no longer using 2005 JBJ Nano Cube DX 2nd edition hood (used for 6 weeks) remote ballast 2 24w 50/50 bulbs (used for 10 weeks) 1 JBJ 24w 10k daylight (used for 6 weeks) 1 Realux 24w Actinic 03 (used for 6 weeks) 1 Aqualight 3/4w moonlight the hood holds 2 lights at a time. let me know if your interested Link to comment
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