loa lights

[greatgman]

ne1 here use those lights of america ( flourex) lights?
i was browsing my local hd and found em
a 65 watter, a 85 watter, and a 100 watter
i also saw plenty of halogen floods (tell me again why we cant use the halogens -besides the heat factor?)
i had the 65 watter and i have to say it was quite brite and a bit hot
please chime in on this?

 

[Dubbin1]

If you are wanting to use this for a refug then that is fine. The color is all wrong for using them on the main tank.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Lights of America lights burn at 6500K. They make wonderful refugium lights that produce very little heat. In fact, I use (2) 135w outputs over my refugium. The 6500K is very good at algal growth and do quite a good job at coral growth. But they aren't powerful enough to penetrate for a full blown aquarium display and usually won't support much more than soft corals and occassionally LPS