edraniam Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Hi, you can advise me which use lighting to an aquarium of macro algae 90x40x40H? better t5 neon or LED? that gradation choose? those w? Hello Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 My seahorse tank that has macros uses T5s. They are doing well. Link to comment
edraniam Posted December 25, 2014 Author Share Posted December 25, 2014 that combination do you use? how many watts they? hello Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Right now they are the stock bulbs, (2) 10k and (2) actinic but I would like to switch 1 10k with a coral daylight and 1 actinic with a purple. That's what is in my coral tank and I like the color. The bulbs are 24 watts each I think. Link to comment
farkwar Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Are those centimeters? Link to comment
edraniam Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Right now they are the stock bulbs, (2) 10k and (2) actinic but I would like to switch 1 10k with a coral daylight and 1 actinic with a purple. That's what is in my coral tank and I like the color. The bulbs are 24 watts each I think. vlangel t5 neon o led? grazie Link to comment
farkwar Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Anyway, One can grow macro algae with a warm white CFL, like 3 or 4 19 watts bulbs for example, for that size tank(centimeters not inches). T5 if you want to get fancy. Link to comment
brokereefer617 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 You can just about put anything over a macro tank pc's,cfl from your local hardware store t5 led they all work. I use a mix of pc and led. I only used that because it's what I had laying around. They best growth and color I ever had was that I used those jbj Refugium led I believe they were 1 watt led x 4. I used 3 of them in my tank and the growth was crazy but they started crapping out and I didn't feel like replacing them Link to comment
vlangel Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 vlangel t5 neon o led? grazie Not led. My fixture is a 24" 4 bulb Coralife unit. Link to comment
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