Flourescent

[UnderwaterWorld]

So I looked at what my friend uses for lighting

He has one tank with a halide and the other he has the flourescent bulbs that are coils he has like 2 white one and 2 blue ones all with seperate fixtures

The blues are 13 W and the white are 23 I believe

Is this a good idea?


Thanks

 

[LionFish]

Does his other tank have corals ?

The one with 36 Watts of light.

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

yea it's full of big corals


it's 4 lights so he's getting some good wattage

 

[RigoSharon]

ive seen fixture like that on my LFS for their big tanks..they keep zoas shrooms and some leathers under those fixtures..

 

[bobby]

In another post I said you can try the screw in floresants from walmart. I think its 25 watts and puts out the light of a 75 watt bulb. They do work if you buy the right bulb. The one at walmart is called daylight because it gives the same spectrum I think of midday daylight. I am using one right now for my macro and it works great, and it gives off the right light for corals. The one I bought came in a case of two for about 7 bucks.

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

In another post I said you can try the screw in floresants from walmart. I think its 25 watts and puts out the light of a 75 watt bulb. They do work if you buy the right bulb. The one at walmart is called daylight because it gives the same spectrum I think of midday daylight. I am using one right now for my macro and it works great, and it gives off the right light for corals. The one I bought came in a case of two for about 7 bucks.

are there lamps that I could get though that dont take up much space and such and would work at well at a T-5 set-up

 

[bobby]

The lamp only take up about a 6 inch diameter, but I bought the hosing from a pet shop sold as a lizard heat light, but the ones you will see at walmart are big, so you will just have to shop around.

 

[winyfrog]

you could go with a VHO retro kit. That way you can put them anywhere under your hood.