View Full Version : Screw-in CFLs in higher color temperatures?
vampie
04-14-2009, 10:52 PM
I've been wondering about this for some time. All of the screw-in CFLs I've seen are in 2700k to 6700k range, with the lone exception of Coralife's 50/50 bulb. Are there screw-in CFLs in higher color temperatures?
sundevil_brian
04-14-2009, 11:32 PM
The only other ones I've found are blue party bulbs at home depot. Its a blue/actinic color would be good for a diy reef light or something but other than that 6700k is the highest i've seen
Mgamer20o0
04-15-2009, 12:27 AM
all i seen was 6700k in the store. maybe on the net.
vampie
04-15-2009, 12:48 AM
I've been checking the major bulb stores on the web as well.. seems like they don't carry them.
I suppose I could always shell out the extra cash for those Coralife ones.
Mgamer20o0
04-15-2009, 2:37 AM
why do you want the higher k?
7itanium
04-15-2009, 2:52 AM
im wondering the same things... 6700k is fine for plant growth.. and those types of bulbs would suck in a reef application even if they were in a higher color temp
vampie
04-15-2009, 1:10 PM
why do you want the higher k?
Mostly aesthetics.
im wondering the same things... 6700k is fine for plant growth.. and those types of bulbs would suck in a reef application even if they were in a higher color temp
I've been out of the saltwater side of the hobby for quite some time, but people did use these in certain cases, mainly for refugiums and nano-tanks.
mellowvision
04-18-2009, 5:04 PM
after reading the propaganda on the ada site, I started wondering about 8000k temp bulbs... I haven't found them yet, but did find DIMMABLE 6500k ones. I think they were fairly high wattage too.