wandering wonderer

A small sampling of my aquatic collection.

Thanks for all the input Looks like I made a poor purchasing decision....

Hello,

Approximately 9 months ago, I purchased 2 48" Coralife fixtures, each containing 2 T5 bulbs - one 6700k and the other, Colormax. I realized after buying them that this amount of light was sort of overkill for a 75 g tank, so I generally only run one fixture at a time (and even with that, my plants and algae go crazy).

Anyway, 2 weeks ago the 6700k burnt out on one fixture and the Colormax does an annoying humming/flickering thing. On the other, both bulbs are still going, but flickering to the point of a seizure-inducing strobe. Is it normal for these bulbs to die so quickly (and seemingly all at the same time)? I don't know a lot about fluorescents - could something else be the problem? So far, I've tried wiggling them, but to no avail. Help, please!

Thanks,

Heather

Hi everyone,

I'm a grad student at the University of Lethbridge (Neuroscience). Just moved here from Saskatchewan. I have been collecting aquatic creatures for awhile (even moved much of the current stock from Regina).... I can't stop. It's like a disease. I have:

75 gallon:

4 clown loaches (Edith, Oscar, Myrtle and Agatha)

5 kribensis

5 harlequin rasboras

2 otos (Otto and Gerlinde)

1 whiptail catfish (Jorge)

1 hillstream loach (Horace)

1 elephantnose (Elephanty)

1 synodontis nigrita (Wilhelm)

3 dojo loaches (Richard, Charles and Jesus)

3 flower shrimp

many, many plants

10 gallon:

1 apple snail - cana (Kyle)

ramshorns, malaysian trumpets, various pond snails

5 gallon:

snails, many plants