Aquarium lights

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the tank, quite natural. Also, they sell for plant growing 18" light


Szaka,
You know I have a 20. and what I tried and liked was I put in a bulb
called Sun 2.0. Its in the reptile section of petsmart thats where I
found it And my plants are really doing good.

Kay

Sun 2.0 is fluorescent or incandescent bulb? Incandescent gives off too much
heat.

Julius

Its fluorescent.

Kay

The best lighting I've EVER used is the compact flourescent lighting
from AH Supply, http://www.ahsupply.com. Good color rendition, and
because they are CF's, they use about 1/3 less energy than your
typical T-12 style flourescent. I think, but I'm not certain, that
they are even more energy efficient than the T-8's (anybody?).

The bulbs last forever too. The ones I have are about 4 years old and
still going strong.

Lilly

Kay wrote in message om...
Its fluorescent.

Kay

Lilly,
WOw the 13 watt kits are very affordable! I have compact lighing on my
larger tanks, but thought it would
be a waste of money on my small tanks, Now I see. Thanks soooo much!!

Kay

"Lilly" wrote in message
om...
The best lighting I've EVER used is the compact flourescent lighting
from AH Supply, http://www.ahsupply.com. Good color rendition, and
because they are CF's, they use about 1/3 less energy than your
typical T-12 style flourescent. I think, but I'm not certain, that
they are even more energy efficient than the T-8's (anybody?).

The bulbs last forever too. The ones I have are about 4 years old and
still going strong.

Lilly

Kay wrote in message
om...
Its fluorescent.

Kay

Hi Lilly,

I have the AHSupply kit too ( 4x36). Although the bulbs may still be working
four years later, I don't believe they have the same light output. Since the
output decreased gradually, you probably did not notice. I believe the
recommendation is to change your bulbs about once a year.

Hi Bill,

What I have read is that after the intial drop off (all lighting does
this BTW), they stay relatively constant in their output until they
fail. There are people on the Aquatic Plants list that use them until
they don't light anymore. There is even one plant guru, Tom Barr, who
will take ALL CFs that people are tossing that still work even if they
are a couple of years old! Of course you could relamp every year, but
why would you if they still do the job?

It's hard to get used to the idea of not relamping every 6-12 months.
That was one of the factors that swayed me to the CF side, relamping 4
T12's at $7-10/each twice a year was getting pretty expensive. The
fact they use 1/3 less electricity, well that was the icing on the
cake. Relamping every 6-12 months is good practice with T8s and T12s,
but NOT necessary with the setups from AH Supply. I am still getting
great plant growth, even light hungry plants do well. If you are
growing plants with lower light requirements, like Java Fern or Val,
then it's really not necessary.

Lilly

"Bill Stock" wrote in message ...
I have the AHSupply kit too ( 4x36). Although the bulbs may still be working
four years later, I don't believe they have the same light output. Since the
output decreased gradually, you probably did not notice. I believe the
recommendation is to change your bulbs about once a year.

"Lilly" wrote in message
om...
Hi Bill,

What I have read is that after the intial drop off (all lighting does
this BTW), they stay relatively constant in their output until they
fail. There are people on the Aquatic Plants list that use them until
they don't light anymore. There is even one plant guru, Tom Barr, who
will take ALL CFs that people are tossing that still work even if they
are a couple of years old! Of course you could relamp every year, but
why would you if they still do the job?

It's hard to get used to the idea of not relamping every 6-12 months.
That was one of the factors that swayed me to the CF side, relamping 4
T12's at $7-10/each twice a year was getting pretty expensive. The
fact they use 1/3 less electricity, well that was the icing on the
cake. Relamping every 6-12 months is good practice with T8s and T12s,
but NOT necessary with the setups from AH Supply. I am still getting
great plant growth, even light hungry plants do well. If you are
growing plants with lower light requirements, like Java Fern or Val,
then it's really not necessary.

Lilly

Thanks Lilly,

I had not heard this. I did not plan to relamp in any event, cheap *******
that I am. My new (another tank) canopy will be T8s though (shoplights), but
the bulbs were only $4 CDN. So relamping won't be a huge cost.