Re: Aquarium Lighting

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Cory,

I think I recall you were in Vancouver.  We get a lot of our lighting
supplies (T-8) from Home Depot.  I don't know how close there is one to
the border.

Kathy


On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Cory and Susanne Williamson wrote:

> 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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