lovecraft
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Hi guys,
I've got the new cheapie Odyssea 2x96wtt PC lights that sposed to come with a 12K day light and a "true" actinic blue at I believe 420nm.
Been on the boards, or as my wife calls my "fish ----"
and haven't been able to find a good breakdown on the explanation of all the different kind of bulbs out there.
All I know are mine are 96wtt straight pins and the above information. I've read it's good idea to switch bulbs and my gut tells me with price I paid for these lights I couldn't expect quality bulbs. However, I've been running them for going on 2 mos, and have about 4 various kind of shrooms and about 5 polyps of zoos of a frag that seems to be doing fine and the shrooms look bigger/better than they did at the LFS. I've had them about 3 weeks now and they look great. I'm taking things real slow, I'm gonna try some more zoos this week
I need somebody to give me the breakdown on what are good bulbs to replace them with. The only place i can find 12k bulbs online is the place I bought the lights from and I'm sure would just be the same thing I have in there. Everywhere else online, I commonly find 10k's, 50/50's, and actinics for 96w straights. And after much searching, I found 1 place online that had what are called Sunpaq's in a 96w straight...that was difficult to find IMHO.
Has a dual day 10K/6,700k
and a dual actinic 420nm/460nm for basically, after shipping, close to what I paid for the light itself
I have no problem buying these lights if they will be worth it. How would this benefit my tank vs just going with standard 10K's and Actinics, just a different brand?
Is it better to concentrate on daylight i.e. have a 10K and a 50/50?
For actinics is it better to have the dual 420 for the softies or is one fine and the 460nm really bring out the colors like some people say?
I've done enough reading on bulbs to get confused....
I've read the thread on Odysseas so please don't rip on me about my lights, I'm only keeping softies.
I'll look into upgrading later but for now a $100 light setup and up to $80 for a new set of excellent bulbs(which I would have to get at some point anyway) still seems like a good trade off for the 192wtts of PC lights and built in LEDs and fans. I run it on a 46gal bow.
I appreciate any help, and would like to know what everybody thinks, but please no ripping on the new guy!
I've got the new cheapie Odyssea 2x96wtt PC lights that sposed to come with a 12K day light and a "true" actinic blue at I believe 420nm.
Been on the boards, or as my wife calls my "fish ----"
All I know are mine are 96wtt straight pins and the above information. I've read it's good idea to switch bulbs and my gut tells me with price I paid for these lights I couldn't expect quality bulbs. However, I've been running them for going on 2 mos, and have about 4 various kind of shrooms and about 5 polyps of zoos of a frag that seems to be doing fine and the shrooms look bigger/better than they did at the LFS. I've had them about 3 weeks now and they look great. I'm taking things real slow, I'm gonna try some more zoos this week
I need somebody to give me the breakdown on what are good bulbs to replace them with. The only place i can find 12k bulbs online is the place I bought the lights from and I'm sure would just be the same thing I have in there. Everywhere else online, I commonly find 10k's, 50/50's, and actinics for 96w straights. And after much searching, I found 1 place online that had what are called Sunpaq's in a 96w straight...that was difficult to find IMHO.
Has a dual day 10K/6,700k
and a dual actinic 420nm/460nm for basically, after shipping, close to what I paid for the light itself
I have no problem buying these lights if they will be worth it. How would this benefit my tank vs just going with standard 10K's and Actinics, just a different brand?
Is it better to concentrate on daylight i.e. have a 10K and a 50/50?
For actinics is it better to have the dual 420 for the softies or is one fine and the 460nm really bring out the colors like some people say?
I've done enough reading on bulbs to get confused....
I've read the thread on Odysseas so please don't rip on me about my lights, I'm only keeping softies.
I appreciate any help, and would like to know what everybody thinks, but please no ripping on the new guy!
