I have a planted 30 gallon extra high tank with a 24" twin tube strip
light I bough a few years ago. It cam with 2 T5 22" bulbs that have
since burned out. I manage to find online, 22" 5500K "daylight" T5
bulbs which came in the mail today. Are 5500K bulbs good to use in a
planted tank, or should I be using a different wavelength?

The bulbs that were in the hood were T5-14W-W 12000K bulbs, but I
couldn't find anyone that made a bulb like that.

Most stores recommended I go to a twin tube HO setup, but I don't want
to spend that kind of money. I would prefer to find an old 24" twin
tube hood that uses standard size bulbs, so I can just buy 2 viatlites
and stick them in here, but no one seems ot make those anymore.

Andy