Spectrum light issues

Stinkyfish1 · 03/12/2007, 01:45 AM

I'm using a Ushio 20k in my Current Sunpod on a 40g tall. The colors have realy improved in all of my coral, especially the zoos but all the growth has just about stopped. Even the Coralline Alge has stopped spreading.

I had whatever 14k bulb comes with the Current Sunpod but that bulb didn't bring out colors in the coral and seemed to bleach some of them.

What bulb would be a good compromise, give some growth but also encourage good colors? I've read threads on this but the ansure seems to add atinic lighting to a 10k or 12k bulb. With my current setup thats not an option for me.

Would this be a good bulb??14500K Megachrome

Please Help

bertoni · 03/12/2007, 07:10 PM

There's a lot of personal taste in lighting. This site has data on efficiency, which should be a good way to guess the growth rate:

http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/

03/12/2007, 01:45 AM	#1
Stinkyfish1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reno NV Posts: 81	Spectrum light issues I'm using a Ushio 20k in my Current Sunpod on a 40g tall. The colors have realy improved in all of my coral, especially the zoos but all the growth has just about stopped. Even the Coralline Alge has stopped spreading. I had whatever 14k bulb comes with the Current Sunpod but that bulb didn't bring out colors in the coral and seemed to bleach some of them. What bulb would be a good compromise, give some growth but also encourage good colors? I've read threads on this but the ansure seems to add atinic lighting to a 10k or 12k bulb. With my current setup thats not an option for me. Would this be a good bulb??14500K Megachrome Please Help

03/12/2007, 07:10 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	There's a lot of personal taste in lighting. This site has data on efficiency, which should be a good way to guess the growth rate: http://www.reeflightinginfo.arvixe.com/ __________________ Jonathan Bertoni