Workhorse 5 Bulb combinations

[nodbugger]

I'm going to college next year and the largest tank I can have there is a 10 gallon. So I am going to move what I have into a 10 gallon, mostly corals and some inverts.

Anyway, How can I use these two workhorse 5 ballasts with a 10 gallon to get a good amount of light into a 10 gallon? Right now I have 4-55w PC bulbs with them, but 55w bulbs are too long for a 10 gallon.

 

[larryl]

You can run either 1 or 2 36/39W PCs on a Workhorse 5, they are about 17" long. Two would probably be plenty of light on a 10 gallon, so you could either run two on the same ballast, or one on each so that you can have some sunrise/sunset control (e.g. have bulb 1 come on an hour earlier, and bulb 2 shut off an hour later).

The Fulham site has a ballast selector that might come in handy (for PCs select bulb type "Twin").

 

[nodbugger]

Thanks for the info/site.