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    Posted: September 21 2012 at 11:47am
Hey guys, I have never lit something the size of a 180. So Im not really sure what to get. Do they even make t5's that size? Any advice?
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I would guess that most would hang more than one light fixture over the tank, as opposed to one extremely long fixture?
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T-5"s come in 5' and 3' fixtures. I ran 2 3' fixtures on my reef and 1 5' fixture on my ray tank. both 6' tanks.
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I have a 180 with T'5s. Its an ATI 6 foot long with 80 watt bulbs. Your welcome to come look at it to see what you think. 
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Thanks Connie! I stand corrected :)
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I have a 180 with T5's I will be selling the fixture here in a couple/few weeks when my led's are completed.  It is 6' long has twelve 39W bulbs for 468 W of power in it and really does a good job, even have some SPS that are doing really well under it.  Here are a couple looks at it, wasn't really shooting it so may not be that good.
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Oh and I do have some new bulbs for it too..
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