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05/20/2014, 05:02 PM
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Light for sump. Is this good enough??
I just bought Philips 13w=60w daylight deluxe cfl. Brightness is 860Lumens and the light appearance is 6500k. Will this be good for macro an cheato?? I had a 5000k 800 lumen 14w and my macro did not do well. It Ll died. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1400626932.329392.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1400626955.145090.jpg
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05/20/2014, 05:07 PM
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Generally algae growth is better under lower kelvin lights.
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05/20/2014, 07:45 PM
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Hmm. It all dies under the 5000k. We'll i Guess I will find out. Only time will tell. I do have a ton of feather dusters in there all over the rock.
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05/20/2014, 08:49 PM
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Spend a little more money and get the Utilitech Pro LED Par20 Flood, Natural Daylight (5000k). Algae grows like mad in my sump under this light, less power usage and I should get roughly 9 years of use from it.
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05/21/2014, 03:17 AM
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Where do they sell that?
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05/21/2014, 03:22 AM
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05/21/2014, 06:14 AM
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My mistake, it's at Lowes:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_179497-75774-LPAR205KLEDG5_0__ They show 2 different K rating bulbs. A 3000k and a 5000k. Get the 5000k
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05/21/2014, 03:37 PM
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I was at Home Depot. I got this bulb. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1400708209.682282.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1400708228.715831.jpg
What ya think of this? Thanks for your reply. |
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05/21/2014, 08:56 PM
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This should do the trick right?
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05/21/2014, 10:07 PM
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Sure will
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06/13/2014, 10:51 AM
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ImageUploadedByTapatalk1402678265.835341.jpgits growing like crazy now with the new light. Thanks for all the info.
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