t5 lighting

derge · 11/25/2007, 09:49 AM

hello all, i am going to add 2 more 55w t5 tubes to my set up
just wondering witch 2 tubs to get, 1 will be blue Actinic and the other will be a daylight blue or a tri plus.

i have 1 blue actinic and 1 daylight blue at the moment
and 36 watts of the lights that came with the tank that i will be
removing. there pink and white double t5 tubs.

the daylight blue is a 6500k. im not sure on the triplus tubes, on what there putting out.

what does the 6500k mean?

does anyone know if the tri plus are good allround day light
are there any other clours i should be putting on it.

at the moment i have soft corals xenia and green polyps and mushrooms all seam to be doing fine. christmas time i will want to start on lps and then sps later on if my system works well enough
is any one keeping sps with t5 lighting only?

AIMFish · 11/25/2007, 10:01 AM

It almost sounds like you have Compact Flourescent bulbs? 55w and double in your post sounds more like CF than t-5. Some manufacturers label then as t-5 but because of the way they just have a plug at one end they would be better described as CF instead of t-5 which most would think of as mounting like regular flour. bulbs with contacts at each end.
6500k is the color spectrum of the bulb. Daylight and blue together also makes me think it's a CF bulb where one side is 6500k and the other side is blue?

derge · 11/25/2007, 10:19 AM

yes its 6500k and the other side is blue.

derge · 11/25/2007, 10:21 AM

they are 1 plug at the end and tubes are joined together so there like 2 small tubes.

11/25/2007, 09:49 AM	#1
derge Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 58	t5 lighting hello all, i am going to add 2 more 55w t5 tubes to my set up just wondering witch 2 tubs to get, 1 will be blue Actinic and the other will be a daylight blue or a tri plus. i have 1 blue actinic and 1 daylight blue at the moment and 36 watts of the lights that came with the tank that i will be removing. there pink and white double t5 tubs. the daylight blue is a 6500k. im not sure on the triplus tubes, on what there putting out. what does the 6500k mean? does anyone know if the tri plus are good allround day light are there any other clours i should be putting on it. at the moment i have soft corals xenia and green polyps and mushrooms all seam to be doing fine. christmas time i will want to start on lps and then sps later on if my system works well enough is any one keeping sps with t5 lighting only?

11/25/2007, 10:01 AM	#2
AIMFish Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Marion,IN Posts: 1,129	It almost sounds like you have Compact Flourescent bulbs? 55w and double in your post sounds more like CF than t-5. Some manufacturers label then as t-5 but because of the way they just have a plug at one end they would be better described as CF instead of t-5 which most would think of as mounting like regular flour. bulbs with contacts at each end. 6500k is the color spectrum of the bulb. Daylight and blue together also makes me think it's a CF bulb where one side is 6500k and the other side is blue?

11/25/2007, 10:19 AM	#3
derge Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 58	yes its 6500k and the other side is blue.

11/25/2007, 10:21 AM	#4
derge Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 58	they are 1 plug at the end and tubes are joined together so there like 2 small tubes.