Actinic Lighting!

[slipknottin]

50/50 bulbs are CFs, linear (straight) fluorescent bulbs cant come in 50/50.

with the CFs there bent in half so there are either 2 or 4 straight pieces. half of them are normal lights, the other half are actinics.

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

hm,mmmm..... I have a coralife 50/50. works GREAT and have been working for a year now on a 60 gallon. I am going to try a acitanic flouriscent bulb for my 20 gallon tank.

For a RED light, can I just use the bulb that came with the light fixture and just add a RED TINT PLASTIC, so the light that comes out will be red? would that work as a "red light"?

 

[Richer]

That should work, I've heard that some ppl use a red filter over their flashlights to watch their tanks at night... what your proposing is more or less the same.

-Richer

 

[Rocketman]

Yeah, I'm mechanically sound, but I don't know the first thing about lights and I don't want to force a burden on you guys to explain them to me. So, will the ordinary bulbs a get in a hood from the LFS suffice to keep my plants alive? Becuase those would be the same hoods with the same bulbs I have on my other tank, which I am happy with.

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

Corallife and some others make bulb ESPECIALLY for plants. So the light spectrum is more focused for that of plants. plants will flourish with them!!!!!! much better then the others...

 

[Rocketman]

So a CoralLife 5500K-6500K ... and I can put these in any hood, this would be 2 24" hoods. Is that all the info I need, or are there different models of the 5500K-6500K lights?

 

[JamisonBWolsh]

Im not saying if the corallife BRAND is the best or not....do your research off the internet....but BUY the bulbs at Big als or petwarehouse and you will get a good deal on them! I ordered lights from them and all times lights came unbroken (except one time , but they replaced it free of charge)

Check your light holder...see if it is a T-8 or a T-12

Bulb called Corrallife "nutri Grow plant light"

Petwarehouse= 10.99 for any size

Big als= check them= they are usually a few bucks cheaper

 

[bayoupr]

I like the 50/50 lighting. I have two four footers on my 125g and they look great.