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

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Just curious, what bulbs are you using that are rated 36
watts? These are linear fluorescents?

sh
--- Livay Aviel-R51374 <Aviel.Livay@motorola.com> wrote:
> There's still a difference Steve...
> 
> U put 240W over 75 gallons which gives 3.2 wpg.
> 
> If I do the same then it would be 
> 
> 240W over 100 gallons (actually I have twice the
> length... - a 200 gallon tank) which is 2.4 wpg. Actually
> since I know the 36W version then I would get even 10%
> less.
> 
> Also - I wouldn't feel comfortable having only 6700K blue
> range FLs - I think half of the fluorescents should be
> warm white (~3000K).
> 
> And last - ... do they really last for years???? My
> impression was that after 6-12 months you get half of the
> intensity with T8/T12. No?
> 
> And one very last comment - T5's here in Israel cost less
> than 9$.
> 
> Aviel.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-aga-member@thekrib.com
> [mailto:owner-aga-member@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Steven
> Pituch
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:03 PM
> To: aga-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Re: fish/plant light -- or -
> Have you got lots of options or what?
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > For me T5 means that for the same 4' length I get 54W
> instead of 36W - 50%
> more. Which means in a typical case the difference
> between 2wpg and 3wpg.
> Can't gain much in space cause I am reflector width
> limited and am not
> willing to pay for the special hoods - not yet.
> >
> > Aviel.
> 
> Aviel,
> 
> If you want cheap you can still get a lot of light with
> NO Fluorescents.  I
> have six 40W bulbs (6700K) in my home made hood for my 75
> gal (240W - 3.2
> W/G) for about $150.  The bulbs are 2 for $6.50 at Home
> Depot at  last for
> years.    see:
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/hardware/lights/lights.html
> 
> and
> 
>
http://users.ev1.net/~spituch/Steve's%20Page/Aquarium/Animals/animals.html
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Steve P.
> 
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S. Hieber
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