Subject: enLIGHTen me please!
Fm: Michael J. Kravit, AIA 73521,457
To: Chris Kovaly 73373,551

Chris,

 PMFJI, but I thought I would give you my opinion on the PL lamps.

 I have a 125g tank with 4-PL 28Watt 5000K Quads and 8-PL 9W Actinic 
03 lamps. I forget what the equivalent wattage is but this 
arrangement lights the tank extremely well. They run cooler than 
VHO's and supposedly do not loose their lumen output as fast. (I can 
not prove this either way)

 I have been very pleased with these lamps. They are also very 
energy efficient. I believe the 148 watts I have is equivalent to 
about 400+ watts of light output.

 I have a large mushroom colony, and elegance coral and some 
zooanthis. My rock is covered with purple coralline and the tank is 
doing well.

 You may want to contact Perry Tishgart at Champion about the PL 
lamps. He sells the Sea Star fixture which comes in many sizes.

 Mike


 Michael J. Kravit, AIA, 73521,457
 20-Mar-1995, 19:18:21
 Boca Raton, Florida


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Subject: enLIGHTen me please!
Fm: Gil Brandenburg 75460,3237
To: Robert  M. Colnes 75333,1406

Bob, Pardon my ignorance, but I'm new to reef's and want to do it right the
first time.  What are PL's?  Is that fluorescent lights?  I don't think I've
seen any "super white" bulbs yet.  Could you give me a brand name?  I'm in
Savannah, GA on business and went to a local shop today and saw a beautiful
reef tank lit with 8 standard fluorescent.  Bulbs were a mix of Actinic blue,
Actinic white and tritons.  Been up and running for 5 years and was great
although a magnet algae scraper was on the front glass and the owner said he
uses it every 3 days or so.   Nevertheless, the rest of the tank had only
coraline algae and was very nice.  I must give credit to Mark at Animal haus
in Savannah.  Very nice store.  I'll be home tomorrow and will be putting LR
in my tank wednesday.  I appreciate all the help I've received here and I'm
sure I will be asking for more!

Thanks, Gil