Lightning Modifications to JBJ Nanocube 24 DX questions...
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spanko
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Originally Posted by kromix
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I have the stock 50/50 , I want to know if any1 has changed them out to a diff combination or if its best to keep it the same?
Would this be a bad idea? 1 stock 50/50 bulb, 1 hamilton dual actinic 03 bulb? If so, any other suggestions?
The actinic is really not providing a lot to the coral, more our own visual preference. The white light is what the symbiotic algae use for growth. So you need to have some maybe 10k light in there, you have some with the 50/50 I suspect. I might go with a 10k and a 50/50 or if you like the blue look a 10k and the 03 actinic.
http:///forum/post/2871865
I have the stock 50/50 , I want to know if any1 has changed them out to a diff combination or if its best to keep it the same?
Would this be a bad idea? 1 stock 50/50 bulb, 1 hamilton dual actinic 03 bulb? If so, any other suggestions?
The actinic is really not providing a lot to the coral, more our own visual preference. The white light is what the symbiotic algae use for growth. So you need to have some maybe 10k light in there, you have some with the 50/50 I suspect. I might go with a 10k and a 50/50 or if you like the blue look a 10k and the 03 actinic.
kromix
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2871882
Not sure what you mean by ok. If you mean for the coral yes I think it would be fine. It would actually be more usable light to the coral than you have now. Two 50/50 bulbs would also give your coral more usable light than you have now.
Includes (2) 36 Watt 50/50 CF lamp
(thats what my tank has now...)
http:///forum/post/2871882
Not sure what you mean by ok. If you mean for the coral yes I think it would be fine. It would actually be more usable light to the coral than you have now. Two 50/50 bulbs would also give your coral more usable light than you have now.
Includes (2) 36 Watt 50/50 CF lamp
(thats what my tank has now...)
spanko
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Well if you think about it a little with the 50/50 you are spreading out the light a little. By this I mean each bulb has two tubes, one a 10k one an actinic. So if you set the bulbs in correctly you get 10k, actinic, 10k, actinic. If you go with th 10k, 03 actinic option, all of the white will be concentrated towards the back or the front of the tank and the same with the actinic. Now of course they are so close that the light will overlap, by I think the manufacturer includes the 50/50's to spread the light out. JMO
Again the blue is pretty much aesthetics. If you want more blue then go the 10k, 03 actinic route.
Again the blue is pretty much aesthetics. If you want more blue then go the 10k, 03 actinic route.
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