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#1
12/23/2007, 02:18 PM
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Lighting hood for spiral or globus fluorecent lights?
I have recently seen a spiral fluorescent light with 85 watt energy consumption,equivalent with a 425 watt classic lamp!It was a monster!The benefit of using such lamps in the aquarium is that they don't take so much space as the long fluorescent bulbs do.Has anyone used them before and with what type of canopy?
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#2
12/23/2007, 02:25 PM
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I've used them with a standard spiral socket and reflector but only with freshwater setup... The problem with most of these bulbs is their kelvin rating is generally only found up to 6500k which is perfect and ideal for freshwater and refugium type systems. Although for most saltwater applications we look for 10k or more. I set up an old normal output florescent to run the spiral bulbs.. my 24'' held three of them and I still use it for my planted 20 gallon freshwater tank, works great with 6500k bulbs.
When looking at them you go by how much wattage they use... so a 85watt bulb is only putting out 85watts even though it's equivalent to a 425watt halogen lamp. The compact florescent bulbs work really well for what they are. I would say they take up more space than the regular florescent bulbs. |
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12/23/2007, 03:49 PM
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Sounds like an excellent fuge light. Where did you see these and for how much $?
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#4
12/23/2007, 04:55 PM
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I saw this bulb in Praktiker,a german hardware chain store.It has stores in several countries,in Europe.As for the price,I don't know as I wasn't so interested in buying it.I was just amazed by its size,that's why I looked at its features.
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#5
12/23/2007, 11:22 PM
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Check out the Flood light type bulbs they have here in the state.... this goes for LS7 as I'm just making an assumption he's here in the us... The cost of these is less than $10 and they have a built in reflector.
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#6
12/24/2007, 12:33 AM
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I have been keeping an eye out for the 65w LOA lights
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#7
12/26/2007, 01:20 AM
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I generally don't like the spirals. Just by their design, there's so much restrike, and that adds to the heat, and subtracts from the actual light getting into the tank. I guess if you want to sacrifice & go "as cheap as possible", then they would work.
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#8
12/26/2007, 02:45 AM
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