Can I Turn A 2 bulb GLO T5 into a 1 bulb Fixture?

Why go thru all that? With the UV, it ain't necessary. Or sell it to a saltwater or Tropheus keeper. You'll sell it for more than enough to cover the cost of a new light.  Way too much effort with re-wiring etc.

there ya go, if you have a UV coming be PATIENT!, and just leave the lights off for a bit

thats the plan then i will run dark till i get the sterilizer and then run limited lighting on top of that, like stated before, they do not need the light. The light is for my benefit

Thanks Guys! 
Jim

Or offer to trade with someone....

Better then making a mistake! IMHO.

;D

true if i blow it up then i am S.O.L.

See you guys are my common sense when i have none  ;D

Why go thru all that? With the UV, it ain't necessary. Or sell it to a saltwater or Tropheus keeper. You'll sell it for more than enough to cover the cost of a new light.  Way too much effort with re-wiring etc.

Good point to wait till i install the sterilizer and then see where to go form there

but it takes the fun out of "fixing" it  

Why go thru all that? With the UV, it ain't necessary. Or sell it to a saltwater or Tropheus keeper. You'll sell it for more than enough to cover the cost of a new light.  Way too much effort with re-wiring etc.

there ya go, if you have a UV coming be PATIENT!, and just leave the lights off for a bit

Or offer to trade with someone....

Better then making a mistake! IMHO.

;D

Why go thru all that? With the UV, it ain't necessary. Or sell it to a saltwater or Tropheus keeper. You'll sell it for more than enough to cover the cost of a new light.  Way too much effort with re-wiring etc.

while Klassic is correct in most circumstances it sounds as if this unit since it's t-5 and lower wattage usage that they used only 1 circuit and daisy chained the two together, have to remeber that electricity needs to make a complete loop back to itself and what they did with this unit was take 1 wire from the ballast and start at 1 end of the bulb and then flowed it to the other before it comes back to where it started to complete the loop. to counter this it can be done 1 of 2 different ways, you can either open the fixture up and rewire it so the power gets split between the 2 bulbs or if you really want to get creative you can mimmick the 2nd bulb by getting some 14 gage solid wire and stripping off the ends just enough to fit into the sockets(just make darn sure the unit is unplugged first before trying this)

I wanted to try the wire but don't want to blow it up.......

think i will open whole fixture and wire up to be individual

thanks
Jim

while Klassic is correct in most circumstances it sounds as if this unit since it's t-5 and lower wattage usage that they used only 1 circuit and daisy chained the two together, have to remeber that electricity needs to make a complete loop back to itself and what they did with this unit was take 1 wire from the ballast and start at 1 end of the bulb and then flowed it to the other before it comes back to where it started to complete the loop. to counter this it can be done 1 of 2 different ways, you can either open the fixture up and rewire it so the power gets split between the 2 bulbs or if you really want to get creative you can mimmick the 2nd bulb by getting some 14 gage solid wire and stripping off the ends just enough to fit into the sockets(just make darn sure the unit is unplugged first before trying this)

well remembering my crash course in electrical circuits in 8th grade i remember there are two types of circuits. one that has one path and another that has multiple paths. if im correct, lights with two lights have more than one path, so in theory you can run only one light bulb. the only way is to test it out 

Klassic

I have no idea. I use basic lights on my tanks.

Keeper