Glen-cowling
Aquarium Advice Activist
Buy one of each and see how much brighter they are than the old bulbs
That statement is untrue... Pumps take next to no power... it's the heaters lets say you have 2 300W heaters and a pump (100W) that's 700W most high end computers take between 500W-1500W. Although the low end computers take 300w-700w and laptops take between 200w-500W
Only you could get 17 pages in 7 days...jeeze it took a long time to catch up! I hope everything works out
carey said:Just more evidence that I overthink and over speak everything! LOL
just because a powersupply is rated at 500 watts doesn't mean it pulls that much. they pull 500 watts at 12 VDC but they pull about .5 amps from your standard 120 volt wall outlet which is about 60 watts...
ahh yes i forgot you were breaking down your 55 for this tank!... My advice is still the same. what you have will work, but there is better stuff out there and saving to get it imo is worth it rather than getting something that you can afford and regretting it later when you're replacing it.
can't wait to see. your gnna need buckts n buckets of salt