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Coralife makes a mini T5 with 2 6 watt bulbs, It is 11" long. It is a 10,000k and acintic, I suppost you could swap out the acintic and add a 2nd 10,000k. No doubt that would be super bright, efficient and I believe it is under $100.

I'm not so sure about that. I have a 13 watt over a 5.5 with just my java moss, no fish, it is in a clip on lamp. When I went to CFL, I got major algae problems, but super growth on my wad of moss. The light is very intense.

It is only 10 watts. A 13 watt Sylvania DayLight Micro Minis are 30% brighter and a heck of a lot cheaper.

PennPlax heaters are adjustable. They have 25 watt, 50 watt, 75 watt etc. They are "preset" to 76, but you can set them to what you want. Same thing with Hagen. They use the word preset on adjustable heaters.

The only place I know I can get them wants $499 for a box of 50 3" fish and wants another $60 or so for 35 lbs FedEx Next Day AM.:lol::lol::lol: I'm looking for someone in NorthEast or MidAtlantic that can do them for under $5 for a 3" fish, quantities of only about 20 and maybe close enough to...

Long time hobbyist, mid-life crisis career change to pet shop and/or part time animal control officer. I'm into ponds, freshwater and planted. A month from now I will have more goldies than probably legal in my basement. If get the animal control officer job, I'll have to issue myself a...