What do you use to light your Fuge ?

[ScotchMaster]

The Walmart in Cerritos is the last walmart that I have seen that has carried the LOA lights...I believe they were $11

 

[H22ATypeS]

ScotchMaster -- How long ago was this?

 

[ScotchMaster]

Maybe like 2-3 weeks ago

 

[jeffreylam1132]

Does anybody have the address or direction for the Walmart in Cerritos?

 

[SWfan]

I use a compact flor 75 watt bulb 6500k that I found at Home Depot for about $10. It has a built in reflector so that's not necessary.

 

[cthetoy]

Can't believe alot of you are running so many watts in this expensive electricty market. If you are running your fuge light 24/7 then I suggest you read this by Melev. There was a huge thread regarding fuge lights and the best color temp to use. Here his short 1 page summary:

http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

 

[slavearm]

That's nice, but after 14 days my cheato is growing out of the water with my setup... noit just basketball sized.

 

[gcarroll]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7656793#post7656793 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cthetoy
Can't believe alot of you are running so many watts in this expensive electricty market. If you are running your fuge light 24/7 then I suggest you read this by Melev. There was a huge thread regarding fuge lights and the best color temp to use. Here his short 1 page summary:

http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html

If there was that big of a difference moving from 3000K to 5100K, how much better would growth be with a simularly designed 6500K? Maybe even 10000K? If the increase was so phenomonally great when color temp increased, how do we know what point growth rates stop increasing?

 

[NicoleC]

5100-6500k is supposed to the optimate spectrum for most marine plants. The LOA fixture is a 6500k bulb. But the thing is HOT! I may have to hit Home Depot this weekend and try out one of these bulbs.

 

[GTR]

100w PAR38 3K MH

SteveU