Re: [GSAS-Member] New Salt tanks?

["Doran Figart" <defigart2@fishtankpeople.com>]

Can you post/send a picture of the ballast.  I may be able to help ID it.

Yes Ballast are specific to the types of bulbs they can run.  However some 
can run more than one type.  Does that make since?

Doran
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>
To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 10:01 PM
Subject: [GSAS-Member] New Salt tanks?


>
> Just curious if any other GSAS'ers have taken the saltwater plunge since
> hearing Phil's talk?
>
> I'm getting ready to re-seal the new (very old) 90 gallon tank I picked up
> last week, which is going to use my 50 gallon as a sump/refugium (I hope).
> Today I picked up 50lbs of live rock, a nice big bucket of live sand, and
> about three buckets of random goodies from craigslist.  Still looking for
> a skimmer...
>
> Unfortunately it appears many of the critters didn't make it through being
> compacted in the sand bucket (which is where the sand was when I got
> there)...but there are at least a few super-tough little crabs and snails
> that successfully ran the gauntlet.
>
> One of the random goodies is a very sparsely labeled ballast with an
> 18-pin "quick connect".  It says 4x48, which I assume means four
> fluorescent tubes? I'm guessing that's not enough for fancy corals, but
> it's a start. (the guy had said it would work with a variety of lighting
> types...I had always thought ballasts were specific to the type of
> light/bulb?)  Any ideas about where to search for the bulb caps that
> attach to the quick connect? (ie, pet shop vs. lightning supply?)
>
> Cliff
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