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sly  Big Fish Posts: 377 Kudos: 251 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jun-2004   | Ack, I decided to buy a glass cover ($20) and a twin tube strip ($40) instead. It also includes 2 bulbs!  Pretty decent deal I think considering at LPS, the glass cover was $30 and the twin tube was ridiculously priced at $70 without the bulbs for a whooping $100+! I couldn't find anything at Home Depot!  |
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greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001 | i just returned my strip of light today actually. bought a socket for a compact fluorescent plus a bulb for 13 watts but output is supposely 60watts, and built myself a little reflector for it, total costed me 8 bucks for 60 watts, which just brought my tank to 110 watts for 29g = 3.8wpg |
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DragonFish Fish Addict Posts: 518 Kudos: 220 Votes: 3 Registered: 10-Jul-2003 | when ever you see watts/gal they mean flourescent watts. Those screw-in compacts are just comparing themselves to incandecent bulbs. They put out as much lumens as 60 watts incandescent bulb at just 13 watts. You just upgraded by 13 watts. electronic ballasts usually say they are on the label of the ballast. |
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| DragonFish Fish Addict Posts: 518 Kudos: 220 Votes: 3 Registered: 10-Jul-2003 | sly, those bulbs should work ok. 9325K is mostly in the blue color of the light spectrum. Plants use blue and red. If you have problems, experiment with different bulbs. |
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| sly Big Fish Posts: 377 Kudos: 251 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jun-2004 | Is 6700K the optimum temp? |
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| fish_dude Big Fish Posts: 334 Kudos: 231 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jun-2002 | Yes 6700K is the best temp for freshwater plants. |
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| JQW Fish Addict Posts: 869 Kudos: 758 Registered: 09-Apr-2003  | for your low light plants, it's easy to get lighting a standard 30inch reflector with one slot can fit a standard 30inch 30watt light. so that's 1watt per gallon. 6700k is good for your tank |
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| sly Big Fish Posts: 377 Kudos: 251 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Jun-2004 | The strip I ordered will have two 24" 20watts 9370K bulbs. I think it will suffice because I ordered only low/average light plants. |
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| greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001 | 13 watts... hahaha i feel cheated, well, i just bought one more of those, thats 6500k 20 watts, so i hope that'll help a bit. anybody used like 3-4 of these things? will that be way too bright for the fish? cuz these things are VERY bright although they dont help much in terms of light intensity. |
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| DragonFish Fish Addict Posts: 518 Kudos: 220 Votes: 3 Registered: 10-Jul-2003 | I use 2 on top of my 10gal. The the spectrum temp (cool white) on the one is not right so it doesn't help much. I do not use it on a planted tank anymore though. It did work though. |
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