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02/02/2012, 02:32 PM
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Anyone have experience with LED spotlight for Refugium
I've read a lot of discussions about LED lights, DIY, etc for refugiums. I just want to know if anyone has experience using a simple HD or Lowes LED spotlight to grow chaeto in a refugium ? Something like http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ryId=202670526
Not cheap, but not too bad in the electrical bill dept either ... Thanks. |
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02/02/2012, 02:35 PM
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Interestingly, the florescent has about same lumens per watt. Although I don't know which will produce better growth. Lumens does not equal growth !
http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...&storeId=10051 |
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02/02/2012, 02:56 PM
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I don't know about the LED, but you should get good growth with the CFL flood-style light.
Testing from a few years ago shows you want a higher colour temp though. They found 5100K was better than 2700K (though I'm not sure 6500K CFL floods were available then). |
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