Re: Aquarium Lighting

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

There is one about five minutes from my house- yes we have been invaded by
the box stores too- I will check them out.

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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