Tank Light Bulbs

[bdobosz]

I am looking for bulb ideas for dimming my lighting a bit. I have 2* 36” light fixtures across my 210G tank that I feel are a little too bright. The fish tend to become far less active when they are on and most of my bottom feeders go into hiding until they are off. I don’t have any live plants so I am not worried about that. I have noticed some Cichlid tanks in pet shops have almost a blue tint to the lighting. Is that something that might be an option for my tank?

[Plecosterone]

Wow only 2x 36" lights on a 210G and it is too bright? Seems wierd to me but I have planted tanks. The blue lights you see in the LFS are probably actinic bulbs which are for salt water. You could use them but I would try one actinic and one daytime first. OR you could get lots more light and heavily plant your tank.
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[Mgamer20o0]

what kind of lighting? how many watts?

[Danyal]

i'd assume shoplights. if you want more blueish and subdued light then throwing in an actintic into each fixture and a higher kelvin bulb(like 20k) will give you much more dim and blue lighting. you could also try wiring in some LED ropes and running those for 8~10hrs a day and the t8s for 4~6hrs a day.