FL Lighting...

[Anthony]

yeah guys ... today me went down kelantan lane.. hiap hie electric co pte ltd. blk28 #01-125.

i m just wondering whether ... osram PL 36w 11-860 290 daylight izzit 10000k ? or 6500k>? cos the owner also dunno how many k .

they selling 1 for $10 same price as nature.

eballest 2x38w is $30. 1x36 is $18

their reflector 4ft is $11

i tot of buying .. but i m nt sure whether it is 10000k or 6500k

[Tanzy]

When light manufacturers use the term 'Daylight', it usually means 5500K to 7000K, but definitely not 10000K.

[wolfie]

I believe sometimes the "box" wil print X lumen... Think can convert into Kelvins rite?

[Morgan]

I believe sometimes the "box" wil print X lumen... Think can convert into Kelvins rite?

No you can't.

Lumen is the unit of measure for light intensity.

Kelvin is the colour temperature.

[wolfie]

oh oh... I

pardon my blur-ness den...

tanzy... u said 2 PL 2 FL... U tink my 1 ft width can hold so much? any restrictions of corals to tis combi?

[Morgan]

"oh oh... I

pardon my blur-ness den... "

It's OK, not everyone under this and you are not the first to make this assumption.

[wolfie]

heh...

[wolfie]

hey... I'm a HAWKFISH liao! yeah! promotion!

[Tanzy]

oh oh... I

pardon my blur-ness den...

tanzy... u said 2 PL 2 FL... U tink my 1 ft width can hold so much? any restrictions of corals to tis combi?

I think it will be just fully packed with light tubes. You might want to consider T5 instead of PL if you are worried about space. If the tank top is covered, heat can buildup and evaporation is also reduced.

You can keep softies and some LPS. Can't really keep clams happy.

[wolfie]

so wat u're suggesting is 2 T5 FLs wif 2 03 FLs ar?

[Tanzy]

If you can get T5, why not? They produce more light than PL and take up less space. Actually after thinking a bit more, one Actinic tube would do, switch the other FL tube for 10000K.

[wolfie]

so 3 T5 10,000K FL and 1 Actinic FL...

My tank is (almost) a 2 footer. 23.5" to b exact. I shld buy the 18" tubes rite?

Den do u suggest I get 2 stronger e-ballasts or 4 e-ballasts? And any one noes abt dimmer and timmer for the lights?

[Tanzy]

Get the 24" tubes. All you need is the 2' FL or PL casing that comes with those clear plastic legs to plonk onto your tank.

[hongqixian]

Get the 24" tubes. All you need is the 2' FL or PL casing that comes with those clear plastic legs to plonk onto your tank.

Where to get new plastic legs in SG? Anyone know convenient petshops? My light legs a bit broken.

[polarie]

plastic legs? where to get 'em? hw they look like? any images online?