New Fiberglass Scrubber

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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby ShanGo » 12 Jul 2010 17:50

mikepao13 wrote:Hi mate,

Whats going on with your ATS?

Is everything ok?

Are u happy with ur lights?

my ATS is ok
i like the 2700k better than the 3000k
going to change them over
i had a accient with my sump something fell of the shelf and broke it so had to buy a new one
thats y i did not reply to this, got it up and running this weekend will post some pictures as soon as
i have abit of time and thanks for asking M8
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby mikepao13 » 30 Jul 2010 19:25

I really liked your lights.

Please give me some info on them.
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby ShanGo » 30 Jul 2010 19:30

mikepao13 wrote:I really liked your lights.

Please give me some info on them.

they are PL-L 2700k 24watt 4pin
http://gbbulbs.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.p ... 1205#a1205
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby mikepao13 » 30 Jul 2010 22:45

Thanks ShanGo,

I have a friend thats an electrician and i will show him the bulbs and he will also do the elecrical part on my new setup. Whats the other things attached to the out side called?

Im planning to use 4 x 54watts 4 pin bulbs on my 18inch x 12inch screen (2 on each side).
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby ShanGo » 01 Aug 2010 10:04

mikepao13 wrote:Thanks ShanGo,

I have a friend thats an electrician and i will show him the bulbs and he will also do the elecrical part on my new setup. Whats the other things attached to the out side called?

Im planning to use 4 x 54watts 4 pin bulbs on my 18inch x 12inch screen (2 on each side).

The things on the out side is the ballast, one of them takes two lamps
http://www.bltdirect.com/product.php?pi ... 39+Ballast
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby mikepao13 » 02 Aug 2010 23:05

Thanks a lot man.

Do you use any fans for the ATS?
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby ShanGo » 03 Aug 2010 18:13

mikepao13 wrote:Thanks a lot man.

Do you use any fans for the ATS?

no i do not as i have a chiller on my system
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby mikepao13 » 04 Sep 2010 12:02

Hi there,

Any pics of the growth?
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby ShanGo » 06 Sep 2010 09:51

mikepao13 wrote:Hi there,

Any pics of the growth?

i just cleaned yesterday when i clean again will take a picture ;)
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Re: New Fiberglass Scrubber

Postby mikepao13 » 08 Sep 2010 18:14

Are you happy with your ATS?

Are you getting the results you want?

As already said im trying to figure the best possible design for my system. Im between the lights you are using and HOT5 but the problem with them is that i cannot find any stronger than 24watts 60cm.

Any suggestions / advice?
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