Hello,im new here, can anyone tell me how many Kelvin i need for a malawi cichlid tank (200ltr) 
thanks pete.
thanks pete.
lighting
- Thread starter yellowlabpete
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Welcome to AC! Kelvin is a measurement of the color of the light a bulb puts out. If you are looking for how powerful a light you would need, you're looking more at either watts, or PAR. If you are doing a malawi tank, with no plants, then generally a standard fluorescent fixture would work. A bulb with a lower K rating (around 3500) will be more yellow, a 6500K would be closer to daylight, and 10,000K would be very white. It would really depend on what looks best to you.
why waste the money when you can just get some shop lights. bulbs cheap fixture cheap... if no plants nothing more is needed.
thanks guys, i now have t8 dubble light fixture with a 10,000k white tube and a marine blue tube
Pete :dance:
Pete :dance:
Bob its just me and what i have on my inside the house bigger tanks, I actually use shop lights for my garage tanks..
