Is there any PC 96w square pin base bulb > 10,000k?

rsteagall · 01/29/2006, 04:43 PM

I'm wanting to get a whiter/bluer light than the standard PC 10k 96w light. Are there any even available? Something around 12k-15k?

rsteagall · 01/29/2006, 07:30 PM

I've reasearched it the best I can and can't find any bulb greater than 10k. I guess it just doesn't exist. =\

NaClH20NMYVEIN · 01/29/2006, 09:05 PM

I do believe that the higher the k the bluer they are. I think you want a 6500k or so. I get mine on ebay.

rsteagall · 01/29/2006, 09:13 PM

6500k would be a more yellow light. I'm running 10k now and is considered a "white crips" light. I want to go more blue/white/crips than 10k gives out. I don't think there are any. =\

swashbuckler · 01/29/2006, 10:03 PM

what you can get is what they call "smartpaq" its got one blue side and one white side- giving you a more crisp blue/white look..

rsteagall · 01/29/2006, 10:23 PM

swashbuckler, I might give that a try. Wouldn't you say this would help displaying zoa colors?

swashbuckler · 01/29/2006, 10:38 PM

alittle, but not much- the best is to make sure you include a totally blue bulb- like 7100k blue aka 460nm, this pops reds, yellows, and orange zoa colors very well.

01/29/2006, 04:43 PM	#1
rsteagall Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rockvale, TN (close to Murfreesboro) Posts: 1,612	Is there any PC 96w square pin base bulb > 10,000k? I'm wanting to get a whiter/bluer light than the standard PC 10k 96w light. Are there any even available? Something around 12k-15k?

01/29/2006, 07:30 PM	#2
rsteagall Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rockvale, TN (close to Murfreesboro) Posts: 1,612	I've reasearched it the best I can and can't find any bulb greater than 10k. I guess it just doesn't exist. =\ __________________ Ryan Current Tank Info: One hand holding a beer, the other in the tank, and my toes typing on the keyboard. Drunks, reefing, and keyboards do mix in a 5GAL bucket with a 1200 MJ!

01/29/2006, 09:05 PM	#3
NaClH20NMYVEIN Red Dragons! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 5,897	I do believe that the higher the k the bluer they are. I think you want a 6500k or so. I get mine on ebay. __________________ The planet needs a 50% water change. Current Tank Info: Pacific Ocean

01/29/2006, 09:13 PM	#4
rsteagall Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rockvale, TN (close to Murfreesboro) Posts: 1,612	6500k would be a more yellow light. I'm running 10k now and is considered a "white crips" light. I want to go more blue/white/crips than 10k gives out. I don't think there are any. =\ __________________ Ryan Current Tank Info: One hand holding a beer, the other in the tank, and my toes typing on the keyboard. Drunks, reefing, and keyboards do mix in a 5GAL bucket with a 1200 MJ!

01/29/2006, 10:03 PM	#5
swashbuckler Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central VA Posts: 1,726	what you can get is what they call "smartpaq" its got one blue side and one white side- giving you a more crisp blue/white look.. __________________ "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop" -The Producers Current Tank Info: 40breeder, 150W AquaMedic Oceanlight, 190W VHO Superactinics, AquaC Remora, 5 gallon fuge.

01/29/2006, 10:23 PM	#6
rsteagall Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Rockvale, TN (close to Murfreesboro) Posts: 1,612	swashbuckler, I might give that a try. Wouldn't you say this would help displaying zoa colors? __________________ Ryan Current Tank Info: One hand holding a beer, the other in the tank, and my toes typing on the keyboard. Drunks, reefing, and keyboards do mix in a 5GAL bucket with a 1200 MJ!

01/29/2006, 10:38 PM	#7
swashbuckler Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Central VA Posts: 1,726	alittle, but not much- the best is to make sure you include a totally blue bulb- like 7100k blue aka 460nm, this pops reds, yellows, and orange zoa colors very well. __________________ "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop" -The Producers Current Tank Info: 40breeder, 150W AquaMedic Oceanlight, 190W VHO Superactinics, AquaC Remora, 5 gallon fuge.