Need refugium light that won't rust

dmschiff

Member
Any suggestion for a quick light for my refugium. roughly 13x18
Currently I have a 23w flourescent clip on light. It has been working fine, but the light fixture is rusting and starting to drip rust into water. I know others here have used a light from home depot. Please list any possibilities.
Thanks,
 

subielover

Active Member
Go for a submersible light, I run a 10 watt, but my fuge is tiny. You could run a 20 or a 30 watt submersible
 

dmschiff

Member
I've never heard of these. Where do you get them? How expensive? My sump is about 40 gallons. The fuge is about 15 gal. I run it opposite my lights to grow my chaeto and to keep PH more constant.
 

gatorwpb

Active Member
I use the home depot light with the spiral CPF bulbs.
I know I keep posting this in various threads, but it really is the best information.
Google "refugium lighting" and read the info on melev's reef website. It will tell you about the different compact flourescent bulbs and the clip on lamp to use with them.
I use a 100w equivalent blub in mine and I think its 5000k spectrum, so its yellow and the cheato grows like crazy.
 
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