Need a new fuge light

sjj80 · 01/02/2010, 07:36 PM

I've been using a 13w pc with little macro growth (obviously), i'm looking to replace with something better for macro algae growth. I'd like to stay with flourescent since i'm getting MH for my display.

tgray3 · 01/02/2010, 07:39 PM

I use Coralife 24w 10k and have good results with it.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=13315

Chi6488 · 01/02/2010, 08:11 PM

Go to lowes and get a bright effects spotlight cfl 23 watt=90 watt incandescent. Costs like $8 and then you need the screw on switch. Your macro will grow like wildfire. Make sure it is the 6500k. I believe blue packaging

redfishsc · 01/02/2010, 10:07 PM

+1, Get it from Lowe's. Look for the CF flood light. I have a 26-w flood light over my fuge, stuff grows like mad as long as I dose iron.

Melev discusses this light very well in this link:

http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

sjj80 · 01/02/2010, 11:48 PM

Thanks! I'll buy this tomorrow.

01/02/2010, 07:36 PM	#1
sjj80 Hater of Hair Algae Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 1,098	Need a new fuge light I've been using a 13w pc with little macro growth (obviously), i'm looking to replace with something better for macro algae growth. I'd like to stay with flourescent since i'm getting MH for my display. __________________ 90g, two Korallia 4s, EuroReef RS135 skimmer, trying to upgrade my lighting. Current Tank Info: 90g under rehab!

01/02/2010, 08:11 PM	#3
Chi6488 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 237	Go to lowes and get a bright effects spotlight cfl 23 watt=90 watt incandescent. Costs like $8 and then you need the screw on switch. Your macro will grow like wildfire. Make sure it is the 6500k. I believe blue packaging __________________ 110 Gal 30" tall tank; 2 @ 250 Watt MH 14k ; Reef Octopus extreme 160; 1/10 jbj chiller; 4 stage ro then into dual di resin; MP40W powerhead. 20" zebra eel, yellow tang, two clowns, red hawkfish, yellow wrasse and bubble coral; carpet anemone 34 gallon red sea max with 3 sea horses for the wife 90 Gal with 4 urchins, big snail, 2 sargeant majors caught from the keys. Horseshoe crab and about 5 starfish from gulf of mexico

01/02/2010, 10:07 PM	#4
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	+1, Get it from Lowe's. Look for the CF flood light. I have a 26-w flood light over my fuge, stuff grows like mad as long as I dose iron. Melev discusses this light very well in this link: http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

01/02/2010, 11:48 PM	#5
sjj80 Hater of Hair Algae Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 1,098	Thanks! I'll buy this tomorrow. __________________ 90g, two Korallia 4s, EuroReef RS135 skimmer, trying to upgrade my lighting. Current Tank Info: 90g under rehab!

01/02/2010, 07:39 PM	#2
tgray3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 258	I use Coralife 24w 10k and have good results with it. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=13315