Light bulbs

[gareth.hubbarde]

Hi all, got a juwel tank with 4 t5 bulbs in. As I got it 2nd hand I'm in the process of changing the bulbs 1 a month. I put in a new juwel hi lite marine blue last month, I have a reflector stopping the white light from the other one in that set. The other set has 2 alleged marine white bulbs but I'm unable to verify. Anyway my tank is 80 gallon fowlr setup with couple of softs on the bottom. I was thinking of replacing one of the white bulbs with the juwel colour bulb, it's slightly pink. I think it's meant for tropical fish to bring out red and pink colour. Would it be OK in my tank and would it look better than the 2 whites? Ultimately I want 2 blues, with the pink and a white. Has anyone used the pink bulb on a marine tank?
Thank you.

Currently :

300l (80g) juwel rio
40kg sand
40kg live rock
Tmc v2 skim 500 compact hob skimmer
1000lph filter pump
Filter floss
Carbon
2 x 2800 lph circulation pumps (fluval sea 3, hydor koralia 3200)
1x hydor koralia 900 pump

1 black sailfin blenny
1 purple firefish
1 one spot Foxface
2 percula clowns (pair)
1 Squaretail Bristletooth Tang (Indian kole)
1 long nose Hawk fish

1 strawberry conch
3 nassarius snails

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[Uncle99]

Red promotes algae.

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

Red promotes algae.

Guessing not the good coralline stuff?

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[nereefpat]

Most salt folks use either ATI or Giesemann bulbs. They are both quality brands with great options. I've never heard of juwel bulbs.

A good 4 bulb combo of ATI would be 2 coral+ and 2 blue+.
For Giesemann, I like a combo of actinic, aqua blue, and aqua pink.

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

Most salt folks use either ATI or Giesemann bulbs. They are both quality brands with great options. I've never heard of juwel bulbs.

A good 4 bulb combo of ATI would be 2 coral+ and 2 blue+.
For Giesemann, I like a combo of actinic, aqua blue, and aqua pink.

Juwel are the brand aquarium makers from Germany. The problem is the sizes they use are quite unique and only certain companies do those sizes. Mine for example are 1054 mm long.
I never heard of those makes, here in UK.

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[gareth.hubbarde]

Sorry my bulbs are 1047mm.
Nobody does the sizes really that juwel make their tanks. Frustrating.

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[nereefpat]

Sorry my bulbs are 1047mm.
Nobody does the sizes really that juwel make their tanks. Frustrating.

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What's the wattage?

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

What's the wattage?

54w

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[nereefpat]

54w

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That's a standard T5 power (wattage). Giesemann 54 watt bulbs are 1150 mm. I guess if that doesn't fit, you'll have to buy Juwel bulbs or spread the tombstones to 1150mm.

Strange.

 

[gareth.hubbarde]

That's a standard T5 power (wattage). Giesemann 54 watt bulbs are 1150 mm. I guess if that doesn't fit, you'll have to buy Juwel bulbs or spread the tombstones to 1150mm.



Strange.

Juwel make their money by using unique sizes.

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