Actinic lights??

[Gambit]

hello fellow reefers.......

i learnt from someone that my blue PL light are not actinic blue..... no wonder my mushrooms dont glow anymore..................

anyway......i would like to ask... other than FL tubes... what other type of lights have actinic blue?? T5s?? or any other one??

[FuEl]

Corals whether hard corals or soft corals cannot sustain on blue lights alone.

[ervine]

I heard PL actinics are not TRUE actinics.. although I don't know the reason behind this.. I believe some T5s are better...

[Gambit]

hi.....thanks for your replys.......

erm........i know corals cannot sustain on blue light alone.....

just wanted to make my mushrooms glow...and my current lights dont seem to be able to......

why PL has no atinic??

what lights have atnic other than FL??

[Tanzy]

Coralife PLs are true actinic but cost a bomb.

The cheapest true actinic is still FL.

There are a lot of fake actinic (i.e. blue tubes) for T5s so be careful.

[giantbicycle]

what about the Dymax T5 actinic lights ? Is it ture real antintic? THAnks..

[fnscasey]

Actually a true actinic blue give off a purple hue on colouration. Most of the tube that claim to be actinic blue is actually a normal blue tube. The prices of a true actinic blue tell the differences.

[lightningstrike]

that's why up to today, i still go for the cheapest but yet truest actinic...... FLs zoomed.

[giantbicycle]

yar....i agree with Tanzy ..abt the FL antinic ...and the best is Arccida tubes and coralife FL... but the price for dymax T5 antinic is around the same price ..so i want to know weather is it true antinic or just normal blue tube? or should i play safe by using ATI

THANKS

[lightningstrike]

yar....i agree with Tanzy ..abt the FL antinic ...and the best is Arccida tubes and coralife FL... but the price for dymax T5 antinic is around the same price ..so i want to know weather is it true antinic or just normal blue tube? or should i play safe by using ATI

THANKS

i hv used arcardia b4, i still think it is pale in comparison with zoomed coral sun actinic blue 420Nm FL.

[trevy]

keke of cos arcadia is paler then zoomed. zoomed costs double the price of arcadia.

[loonz]

i think cheapest actinics are Phillips'...not too easy to find though..and i think they work just as fine

[bubble_gum]

i think cheapest actinics are Phillips'...not too easy to find though..and i think they work just as fine

L35d has them in stock. the equipment shot wif the big display tank

[Kenji80]

Can post the address and telephone of L35d?