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Discussion in 'Buy/Sell/Trade' started by mikesams05p71, Jan 12, 2013.

  1. Jan 12, 2013 #1
    mikesams05p71

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    Looking to hopefully replace my stock bulbs in my six bulb t5ho soon. Anyone have any "used" bulbs laying around for free or cheap? Would be nice to try some bulbs/colors before I buy new.
     
  2. Jan 13, 2013 #2
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    What length of fixture?
     
  3. Jan 13, 2013 #3
    mikesams05p71

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    Sorry 48"
     
  4. Jan 13, 2013 #4
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    What bulbs do you currently have in it?
     
  5. Jan 13, 2013 #5
    mppanp

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    I have 8 you can have. 6 aquatic life, not sure how old. 2 actinic oddysea that have one week of use on them. I would recommend you get some ati bulbs though. I had 4 blue plus, purple plus and ge 6.5k and liked that a lot, and had good growth. You are welcome to have these other bulbs. I live in knoxville and come to des moines often.
     
  6. Jan 13, 2013 #6
    mikesams05p71

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    There's a mixture of cheap old bulbs in the fixture now. Some bluelife and zoomed bulbs. They work OK but I know the light output is no where near where it should be. And yeah if you want I could get those bulbs this weekend? I only work Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. So I'm usually open Thursday to Sunday.
     
  7. Jan 13, 2013 #7
    mikesams05p71

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    My cell is 515-661-3537. Can give me a text sometime and see when we can make something work. Thanks
     
  8. Jan 13, 2013 #8
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    I've got almost the same set-up and like it alot: 4 ATI Blue+, 1 GE 6500k, and 1 UV Actinic/white. My UV Actinic/white has a couple months life left on it and then I'm switching out to the ATI Purple plus. I recently started changing out my bulbs. I've still got the 4 used ATI Blue+ - hadn't tossed yet. You can have 3 of them. You can also take the 4th one (but I'd like it back as I like to keep a spare, in case a bulb ever burns out). My UV Actinic/white has a couple months left on it. I'd swap it out already if you would want it for $2.

    I'm in West Des Moines.
     
  9. Jan 13, 2013 #9
    Reefman

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    This is a great example of people helping each other out.....
    Great Job to all....
     
  10. Jan 18, 2013 #10
    mikesams05p71

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    I agree. Thanks again. Picked up a few bulbs from beckerj3. Pretty surprising how much better the tank looks with these good used bulbs then my junk old bulbs. Thanks again.
     

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