Re: [AGA Member] Re: fish/plant light

[Paula Hofmann <paula.hofmann@gte.net>]

Ok, I did some research on the bulbs I have.  One Aqua Glo and one Life-Glo 
by Hagen.  Both T-12, 20w.  I have a 30 gal tank.  One is 5 years old, the 
other 3.  Don't know which is which.  From what you said in your previous 
email these bulbs provide barely enough light, and the T-5s will provide less 
for my low light plants.  Now that it is spring, I will have increasing 
natural light, not to mention sun, until the Fall Equinox.  I thought about 
wraping the plastic "reflector" with foil to increase the light I already 
have.

The T-5 is supposed to be a high-performance bulb.  Where do you find out 
about lumns on a particular bulb?  I went to the website on the box and the 
bulb I'm researching is not even listed, much less any specifications.  I 
also went to  a couple of other web sites I know about with no luck.

Thanks for all your help and patience.  Paula  

On Saturday 13 March 2004 05:27 pm, you wrote:
> I'm a little mixed up  :-\.  You said 13 watt T5s -- I
> don't know why I was thinking 15 watt.  Those 13 T5s yield
> less than the T12 20 watt bulbs -- closer to 800 or so
> lumens.
>
> Scott H.
>
> --- Paula Hofmann <paula.hofmann@gte.net> wrote:
> > Two 20w bulbs are in the hood now, but the T-5 comes with
> > its own fixture so that shouldn't be a problem. I thought I'd put a 
daylight and a blue (2 T-5s) in place of the 20w bulbs. I have low light 
plants so I don't want to overwhelm them with too  much light.  
>
> =====
>
-- 
Peace and love,

Paula


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