Best Flourecent Lights

[numlock]

What comapny makes the best standard flourecent bulbs, i hear people saying that some brands are better then others, in your openion what bulbs would you recommend, i have room for 4 - 24" bulbs for a total of 80 watts of light over at 29 gallon tank, what brand and what spectrum of bulbs would you recommend. for a FOWLR and possibly a few hardy low light coarals.

[griss]

IMO, URI hands down makes the best FL lamps. For your tank I would use 2 Actinic, 1 AquaSun and 1 Actinic White. This will give you nice mix of spectrum and appear crisp white light.

George

[Guy]

I've tried most of the brands. URI is my answer as well.

[numlock]

Sence standard Flo and VHO bulbs cost almost exactly the same price, if i was to purchace an Icecap 660 ballast and 4 VHO bulbs at 75watts each for a total of 300 watts, in a 18" deep tank would i be able to keep just about any type of corals in there?

[oz]

Who is URI ? What's their website URL ?
thanks.

[numlock]

i found them on drsfostersmith.com they look like they have pretty good prices on them there, from $19 to $23 a bulb.

[affreux]

Check out marinedepot.com for URI bulbs.

[newkie]

Originally posted by affreux
Check out marinedepot.com for URI bulbs.

Agreed URI is the best and marinedepot is my preferred distributor because if you buy a min. of 6 at a time you get free shipping.

[numlock]

anyone have sugestions for coral types under 300watt VHO lighthing?

[Guy]

Softies & LPS do great. You'll bneed to be picky and research any SPS. I would suggest only buying SPS that have been propogated from a VHO system.

[kennny]

I tried a small SPS frag under 330watts of VHO and it didnt last very long maybe a week before it started turning white. I had it up high in the tank too.
But as for LPS under 300 watts VHO I havnt had any problems, most if not all LPS will do good with that amount of lighting.

OH and I would also agree with URI being the best.