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SheKoi Fish Addict Posts: 667 Kudos: 553 Votes: 4 Registered: 11-Feb-2004	Not know where to put this thread, so if wrong place please move for me. On my 40g i'm running 2 tubes both 25W, it's not heavily planted and only has low light plants. the to bulbs are a sun-glo and a aqua-glo 6700K. the sun-glo gives the tank a yellow colour, so i'm wondering could i replace the sun-glo with a bluemoon blub i have (wavelength range 400nm-500nm) again 25W. it gives the tank a more marine colour and the neon rainbows glow under it. Cheers Shekoi www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
RAST Big Fish Posts: 437 Kudos: 162 Votes: 236 Registered: 07-Feb-2002	That should be fine. It depends on how your plants do as well. If you change and they don't survive to well then you know that the other tube was heloing them grow more then the other so you could possibly change the other bulb. But appart from that if you like it too look another way then go for it. It is just trial and error. But you could always let others know what you have done successfully.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45
crazy4plants Fingerling Posts: 36 Kudos: 38 Votes: 21 Registered: 09-Apr-2005	Unfortunately, the cool blue light you're talking about isn't really the spectrum plants love. One thing to keep in mind - the watts / gallon rule that everyone uses is just a rule of thumb. What really matters is the distance between the plants and the light source. If you have fewer plants, and put them directly under the light source, they'll do better. What kind of plants do you have? Carl
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45


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