Lighting
6 posts
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hondastunt - Posts: 10
- Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:22 am
Lighting
Hi I need some help finding better bulbs for plants. Right now I am using zoo med flora sun 18" 457mm 15 watts T8. I looked online and it was a pain trying to find bulbs.
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hondastunt - Posts: 10
- Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:22 am
Re: Lighting
Thanks and I wanted to try a different brand then zoo med. I am using them now and need a little more lighting going to the bottom. I will try looking on ebay.
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hondastunt - Posts: 10
- Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:22 am
Re: Lighting
I found ones on amazon I like. I get most all my fish stuff from them.
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tmercier83 - Posts: 11
- Joined: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:42 pm
Re: Lighting
What size tank are you lighting? I just started using LED's and I jumped the gun a bit I think, but put an amazon sword in last week and am already seeing a lot of new growth. This plant seems to demand a medium amount of light.
I got this most recently:
http://www.marineland.com/Products/aqua ... ystem.aspx
The hidden 17" puts out around 460nm if I understand correctly. Light output for LED's is confusing to me--primarily because there's no effing standard for labeling these fixtures on the box...in fact all of Marineland's stuff is labeled differently. lol I figured out CFL's pretty easy (wpg). The largest benefit to this submersible light is that no light is reflected back from the water's surface, or a glass canopy.
I initially bought (and also still have in operation):
http://www.marineland.com/Products/aqua ... ystem.aspx
What I have is an 18" @ 300 lumens (pictured) but they only seem to offer a 4ft from their website now. This light alone was not supporting plant growth at all, but seems to work well as supplemental.
I got this most recently:
http://www.marineland.com/Products/aqua ... ystem.aspx
The hidden 17" puts out around 460nm if I understand correctly. Light output for LED's is confusing to me--primarily because there's no effing standard for labeling these fixtures on the box...in fact all of Marineland's stuff is labeled differently. lol I figured out CFL's pretty easy (wpg). The largest benefit to this submersible light is that no light is reflected back from the water's surface, or a glass canopy.
I initially bought (and also still have in operation):
http://www.marineland.com/Products/aqua ... ystem.aspx
What I have is an 18" @ 300 lumens (pictured) but they only seem to offer a 4ft from their website now. This light alone was not supporting plant growth at all, but seems to work well as supplemental.
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luky - Posts: 6
- Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:19 am
Re: Lighting
i currently have this installed:
Glo Power-Glo T8 20w 1800K
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=3816
Upgrading, so i just placed an order for this:
Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED Plus Light for Aquarium (the 24"-36")
(They Also have an "18"-24" version as well)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C7OTE0O/ref ... B00EAZ49JO
Glo Power-Glo T8 20w 1800K
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=3816
Upgrading, so i just placed an order for this:
Current USA Satellite Freshwater LED Plus Light for Aquarium (the 24"-36")
(They Also have an "18"-24" version as well)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C7OTE0O/ref ... B00EAZ49JO