Interesting comment, I'm using 3500K compact florescents and the strangest
thing occured the other day when I pulled my pargest ram out of the tank. a
male 2" with little colouration, as soon as he was out from under the
tank's lights and under the incandescent lighting he was an amazing dark
purple.

should I add another tube to the system to bring out the colour in the
rams? Which spectrum would be best?

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in
:

thanks, was wondering what your thoughts were behind the 50/50, as
I've heard that it has adverse affects, like an algae magnet and
such....

"Ghazanfar Ghori" wrote in message
et...

The actual wattage is the same, but the luminosity, CRI and
spectrum are different. IMO 50/50 makes a African tank look
reef-like - which looks appropriate given the colors of many of
the Africans.

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
Ghazanfar, do the 50/50's lose actual wattage? I mean, if I had a
55W
6500k
regular, versus a 55w 6500k 50/50, are they putting out the same
wattage,
same intensity, everything??


"Ghazanfar Ghori" wrote in message
et...
Use a Coralife 50/50

"Rich A." wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a 55Gal Malawi tank w. a coral substrate. The lighting
that
came
w.
the tank is bluish-white and makes the whole tank look washed
out.
It's
a
Perfecto(?) hood w. 2 24" bulbs. I'd like to replace the bulbs,
but
what
are
my options? I'd like a light that enhances the coloring of the
fish.
I
have
no live plants. Thanks.