i live in austin and i need a light for my refugium. It can be the flood light type but the bulb needs to be 5000k.
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i live in austin and i need a light for my refugium. It can be the flood light type but the bulb needs to be 5000k.
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Why 5000k? Thats like 5,000,000. lol You mean 5k? Why are you stuck on the 5k thing?
Last edited by JimD; Sat, 8th Mar 2008 at 08:12 PM.
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I use the CF bulbs with the built in reflector it comes in 2700K and 6500K. I get excellent algae growth with the 2700. I got them at home depot.
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I bought the 6500k From homedepot.
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It's gonna give it a nice cool blue look instead of the yellow, but it should help your algae grow!!!
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I think he's right 5,000k (where K = the unit of measure, degrees Kelvin).Originally Posted by JimD
Why will it be blue? I thought it had to be more in the 15,000-18,000 k range to be blue. True. It won't be so yellow at 5,000 k. But, I thought 5,000 k is more of a cool white.
(I guess it really doesn't matter. I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything. Just want to make sure I understand what I thought I knew!)
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I am not sure just trying to get by cheap on a refugium light. It cost me about $18 for light and fixture.
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