Re: Aquarium Lighting

["Cory and Susanne Williamson" <webwill@infinet.net>]

Last week I priced out some T-8 daylight bulbs and a ballast- each bulb was
$10  (canadian) and the electronic ballast was $40. Do you know of any
Canadian sources that are as cheap as yours.

Cory Williamson
-----Original Message-----
From: Randy & Deb Carey <carey@spacestar.net>
To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: Aquarium Lighting


>We just had a demonstration on T8 lights at my aquarium society.  A club
member
>organized a large order of T8 and T10 lights as well as transformers.  We
ordered
>from some non-aquarium lighting place.  I paid about $7 for four-foot
daylight
>bulbs that are rated to last over two years!  They require special
transformers,
>and my four-light transformer cost $27.  All together, this will come out
to cost
>less than what most aquarists pay for the typical spectrum bulbs.
>
>Anyway, I got an education about T8's vs T10's--the T8's are the bulbs of
the
>future I hear.  I should be getting my bulbs in a week or so, and when I do
I'll
>take photos of the configuration/set-up and post it on my site.
>
>--Randy
>
>
>plasticolor@guate.net wrote:
>
>> At 09:06 a.m. 05/02/99 PST, you wrote:
>> >
>> >I am getting ready to upgrade my lighting system.  I have read alot of
>> >material on the net about the different lights available, and the three
>> >that seem to come most recommended are the following:
>> >
>> >         Triton
>> >         Coralife Trichromatic
>> >         Power Glo
>> >
>>
>> Depending on your tanks proportions and your plantīs light requirements,
I
>> would suggest you use Daylight (5,000 K) T8 fluorescent tubes from a
>> hardware store,and invest the price difference between these and the
>> specialized tubes from your LFS in a hood that can accomodate more tubes.
>> One tip: I just changed my lighting in a planted 55 gl. and watched all
my
>> Cryptocorynes turn to mucus in 3 days.  While many plants respond well to
>> increased light + CO2, others just roll over and die.
>>
>> There is a very good article on light and lighting in The Kribīs website.
>>
>> Peter
>>
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