Are these tubes OK?
 

I'm fish-sitting a mate's aquarium and using it to get all the cycling media
ready for my own new tank which arrives in a few days. The new one is 48" x
18" x 22" (US 75 gal), has 3 tubes. I aspire to it being a quite densely
planted tank. Here is what the guy in the shop sold me for lighting:

1 x 36w standard white tube
1 x 36w Super Daylight 100% Actinic 03 Blue tube
1 x 36w High Intensity 10,000K High-Intensity Purified Super Daylight tube

I could change them when I pick up the tank in a few days. Any suggestions
much appreciated.

Are these tubes OK?
 

"rapdor" wrote in message
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I'm fish-sitting a mate's aquarium and using it to get all the cycling
media
ready for my own new tank which arrives in a few days. The new one is 48"
x
18" x 22" (US 75 gal), has 3 tubes. I aspire to it being a quite densely
planted tank. Here is what the guy in the shop sold me for lighting:

1 x 36w standard white tube
1 x 36w Super Daylight 100% Actinic 03 Blue tube
1 x 36w High Intensity 10,000K High-Intensity Purified Super Daylight tube

I could change them when I pick up the tank in a few days. Any
suggestions
much appreciated.

Unless these are T5 tubes I'd say that was not enough. 22" is a deep tank.
My tank is 24" of glass (so about 19-20" of water) & I've got 4x40W tubes on
it - all Hagens - 2 Lifeglos, an AquaGlo & a PowerGlo

I.

Are these tubes OK?
 

Replace the actnic (sp?) tube because it is for corals. Just make sure
it is full spectrum.

Vicki

Are these tubes OK?
 

Thanks Vicki. I've been doing a bit of googling and had pretty well decided
the Actinic was wrong.

I've also learned that the 10,000K High-Intensity Purified Super Daylight
tube give a lot of blue light which promotes algae.

So from what I've read my latest choices would be:
1 x Full Spectrum Triphosphor
1 x Arcadia Origina Tropical
1 x Arcadia Freshwater
If they are available in Australia. Anyway, just a couple more days and the
tank will be available, so I will talk to the shop guy again.


"~Vicki ~" wrote in message
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Replace the actnic (sp?) tube because it is for corals. Just make sure
it is full spectrum.

Vicki