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I changed the flourescent tubes on my tank the other day - Wow!

Since the process is gradual, it's hard to realize how much less light the old tubes give until you plug in a set of new ones. The ones I had in there was the original ones, from December 2004, so about 18 months old...

I guess there's a reason why they recommend that they are changed every 6-12 months...

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Mats

good point, and thankyou for reminding me to change my own tubes in my tanks.

It's quite amazing, the difference.

I'm keeping my old tubes to use around the house. But I've such a backlog now, as the damn things can last years, before they pop.

I came across a circuit recently. Or perhaps I should say, I came across a method of "rewiring" the Ballast to the Tubes, that supposedly boosts the light output to over 150%. Heat output is up too, of course.

Has anyone come across that ? Have any thoughts ?

And is getting those Amazon Swords going, really worth a visit from the Fire Brigade ?