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Bulbs for a twin tube hood
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 |
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Bulbs for a twin tube hood
"Andy Pastuszak" wrote in message news:2010042613312311272-amp68nospam@verizonnet... 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? When I was still using regular fluorescents I preferred "aquaglo" bulbs which are 18000K. My fish room receives a lot of ambient light during the day though. If it was a darker room, I would have probably gone with one aquaglo and one that is more white/yellow like the sunglo which is about 5500K I think. In any case, the color temperature doesn't matter as much as the actual spectrum it produces. For optimal plant growth, you want a bulb with peaks in the blue and red range (not far red). Hope that helps. -N |
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Bulbs for a twin tube hood
On Apr 26, 1:31*pm, Andy Pastuszak wrote:
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 Hey Andy, I also have a 29gal high planted aquarium. My hood could hold two bulbs but I only have one flora glo 20 W- 24" (61 cm)- 25 mm Diameter- T8 bulb. I am using an aqua clear 10-30gal filter with a sponge and one bag of chemipure. I also give liquid nutrients (the Flourish fundamentals kit). I also have 1-2inches of flourite substrate on top of my regular gravel. My plants are absolutely flourishing. Sometimes i get a large growth of hair algae but I have this little white pleco catfish thing and 4 pencil fish that have been keeping it under control. Jonna |
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Bulbs for a twin tube hood
On May 18, 2:33*pm, JLG wrote:
On Apr 26, 1:31*pm, Andy Pastuszak wrote: 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 Hey Andy, I also have a 29gal high planted aquarium. *My hood could hold two bulbs but I only have one flora glo 20 W- 24" (61 cm)- 25 mm Diameter- T8 bulb. *I am using an aqua clear 10-30gal filter with a sponge and one bag of chemipure. *I also give liquid nutrients (the Flourish fundamentals kit). *I also have 1-2inches of flourite substrate on top of my regular gravel. My plants are absolutely flourishing. *Sometimes i get a large growth of hair algae but I have this little white pleco catfish thing and 4 pencil fish that have been keeping it under control. Jonna Well, I went and got new bulbs for the hood. One of the bulbs burned out after only one week, so I think the hood is now broken in some way. I have been trying to find a 24" twin tube strip light and no one makes them any more. If anyone has one they want to sell, let me know. Andy |
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