Curious about my lighting...

[rdub62]

After doing my weekly water change I was being curious and looking at my lighting fixture but only thing I could find on the bulbs are that it has
"CORALIFE F28-T5-BP Made in China." printed on one end of each bulb...
I tried google it but all I could find were ---- items and craigslist items...
Can anyone tell me what my wattage is?
Is there a coralife website that I can just enter that information into?
And lastly are my bulbs really T5?
I have 2 of them in an Actinic (sp) fixture and they are 36 inches long and they penetrate about 1 and half inch of my sand with light My tank is 21 inches tall...Do not know if that info was needed but hopefully it will help...
thanks for any info!

 

[nissan577]

you fixture is a 2 bulb? if so here the info
The Coralife S/W Aqualight T-5 is a double lamp fixture ideal for saltwater and reef aquariums. Includes one 10,000K Daylight and one True Actinic 03 Blue T-5 (5/8 diameter) fluorescent lamp. Features an on/off switch, a built in electronic ballast, sleek black aluminum housing, a highly polished reflector, acrylic lens cover and adjustable width tank mounts. T-5 lamps are 21 watts each.

 

[rdub62]

wow that sounds just about perfect but where did you get that info? because my setup seems to have 2 of the exact same bulbs...neither is any more blue than the other...or is that just normal?

 

[nissan577]

Originally Posted by Rdub62
http:///forum/post/3089631
wow that sounds just about perfect but where did you get that info? because my setup seems to have 2 of the exact same bulbs...neither is any more blue than the other...or is that just normal?
i got it off google. lol. idk can you take a pic?

 

[rdub62]

 

[rdub62]

ok hopefully that will help?

 

[nissan577]

i see one says actinic. cant see the other really well. IMO just change the bulbs to ATI get one a 420nm actinic and the other daylight.

 

[rdub62]

sorry what does that mean?

 

[nissan577]

ati are bulbs model. what dont you get?

 

[rdub62]

so would would one of each of these work?
http://store.petside.com/product/sal...mpaq-bulb.html
http://www.petmountain.com/product/a...-daylight.html
and what is wrong with my bulbs exactly?
I was just curious having noticed that every other picture of Yellow Tangs look a different shade of yellow than my own lol...

 

[nissan577]

doesnt need to be those that i say. it what ever color you like. look them up and see which one is good. but get other brands then fixture ones. like current is a fixture one.