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shinyfish
08-24-2008, 10:25 AM
The one bulb is 6500k, when i use one or two of those it looks bright but it does not look very colorful. Instead it looks very yellow/green which makes sense. My plan is to run one of those and one of the bulb i had before. It was a Triton Interpet, the glow of the bulb is very pink and the the light it seems to give off makes everything bright. I was told its probably around 8-9k kelvin. I am looking online and can not seem to find one that matches this. Any suggestions on a brand with a kelvin rating for plants but with less of the green/yellow effect. Preferably one that's commonly available at home depot or walmart or target.

bushwhacker
08-24-2008, 1:30 PM
might as well forget home depot or lowes i bought a t5 fixture on line and one bulb was broken, i needed a 54 watt all they carry is 28 watt soft white bulbs in the t5

gmh
08-24-2008, 1:41 PM
These are T5 bulbs? You could order 10000K T5s at thatfishplace.com.

shinyfish
08-24-2008, 2:43 PM
I ended up getting a t8 fixture with 2 6500k bulbs, i think it looks a lot brighter and pretty good compared to two t12 bulbs

fishorama
08-24-2008, 5:08 PM
You know you could do 1 of each t8 & t12 if that's too yellow for you.