light bulbs?

[BlueUltra2]

Which light bulbs are everyone using in their freshwater aquariums? Does anyone use the Coralife Trichromatic? Is this a good bulb to use?

[valerie]

I use the regular daylight bulbs you buy at home depot. Cost 4$ compared to any of the LFS bulbs which cost 25-40$each around here.

[Cichlid Woman]

I've got a planted 38-gal tank, and I use two 20-watt striplights. One's a "plant grow fluorescent" I got at Lowe's for about $6 (real high in the blues and reds, dim to the human eye) and the other is a "Sunlight" bulb (by GE, I think) that puts out 5000K. I got it at Walmart for $6, but some hardware stores had it for $9.

I like them really well.

-- Pat

[Tyler718]

I use the GE / Phillips strip lights from Home Depot. I paid $4-$9 for them. You can't even tell the difference between them or the one's at the LFS.

[a_free_bird73]

Which light to use depends on what you have in the aquarium and what you are trying to highlight!...