2 ballasts bad in my 260watt PC lighting... How long do I have

jwhiteuwc

jwhiteuwc

Member
Hello,
I came home today and noticed that I have 2 shorted out ballasts (not bulbs, tried different ones). 1-65 watt atinic and 1 65 watt 10k PC lighting. I contacted the company who makes the lights and they are sending me 2 new ballasts. Very nice of them.
I use to have a total of 4 lights, 2 - 65watt 10ks and 2 - 65watt atinic's totalling 260watts. Right now I have 2 good ballasts running both of the 10k's totalling 130watts. Though there are some shaded areas in the corners of the tank, most of my corals have light.
My main questions is, how long can they go without the extra 130 watts of light?
Corals I have are:
Asso. mushrooms
Bubble Coral
Leather
Some Polyps
What are my options here? I know the ballasts "should" be in the mail by Friday, meaning 3-7 days before I get'em. Is that soon enough?
My other question is, does it make any differance which of the 2 bulbs I run? Should I be running 1-10k and 1-atinic or both 10k's or ...?????
ahhh what a terrible day. just terrible.
thanks for any input.
 
hot883

hot883

Active Member
Originally Posted by jwhiteuwc
Hello,
I came home today and noticed that I have to shorted out ballasts. 1 65 watt atinic and 1 65 watt 10k PC lighting. I contacted the company who makes the lights and they are sending me 2 new ballasts. Very nice of them.
I use to have a total of 4 lights, 2 - 65watt 10ks and 2 - 65watt atinic's totalling 260watts. Right now I have 2 good ballasts running both of the 10k's totalling 130watts. Though there are some shaded areas in the corners of the tank, most of my corals have light.
My main questions is, how long can they go without the extra 130 watts of light?
Corals I have are:
Asso. mushrooms
Bubble Coral
Leather
Some Polyps
What are my options here? I know the ballasts "should" be in the mail by Friday, meaning 3-7 days before I get'em. Is that soon enough?
My other question is, does it make any differance which of the 2 bulbs I run? Should I be running 1-10k and 1-atinic or both 10k's or ...?????
ahhh what a terrible day. just terrible.
thanks for any input.
Just remember that there are cloudy, rainy days on the oceans too, so 1/2 strength might be ok for a couple of days.
 
mdog30001

mdog30001

Member
also how big is your tank, because 130 watts might be ok for a while, cause IMO those are low light corals..
 
carshark

carshark

Active Member
well that would give him about 2.364 watts per gallon, hopefully you can get the lighting asap....but they should be ok for a few days.. I hope..
 
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