Replacing odyssea lights

[phishiephishie]

I have an odyssea 36" dual t5ho lighting fixture and I want to replace the bulbs. What combination would you recommend?

 

[phishiephishie]

Anyone?

 

[Brookster123]

What's the application? Planted? Cichlid? Jellyfish? Killer whales? Stingrays? Swamp donkeys?

 

[phishiephishie]

Planted 40 breeder

 

[Brookster123]

Two 6500k or a 6500 and a flora/rosette if you don't mind a pinkish hue..

 

[cgthebeast]

Geiseman( i think that's right) had good bulbs, as does coral life. These both have been highly recommended to me

 

[phishiephishie]

Yeah I've heard about geiseman having quality bulbs. How about zoomed? Anyone have experience with their bulbs?

 

[Brookster123]

I think zoomed is mid grade compared to geismann and coralife, I use coralife t5no and they're pretty nice...

 

[phishiephishie]

Alright cool I'll check those out. The growth I've been getting is pretty good but just wanted to give my plants a little bit better lighting. Here's a shot of my tank

 

[Brookster123]

How long have you been running that lighting rig?

 

[phishiephishie]

Around 6-7 months

 

[Brookster123]

The thing with t5's , you're best to replace the bulbs every 4/5 months I believe..

 

[phishiephishie]

I've never heard that rule, I've always stuck with replacing my bulbs every year or so. 4-5 months seems a bit excessive

 

[Brookster123]

That's cool, just what people say they do,.

 

[rhsoto94]

What plants you growing in there? I was thinking about getting the same light for my breeder. And ferts/co2?

 

[phishiephishie]

Amazon swords, dwarf sag, rotala, crypt wendtii, broad leaf ludwigia, narrow leaf ludwigia, cabomba, hygro kompakt, Anubias, Java moss and Java fern. And it's a Dirted tank (miracle grow organic choice) and I have never dosed any ferts

 

[rhsoto94]

Nice. Any problems with the light?

 

[phishiephishie]

Nope i'm happy with the light I would definitely recommend it. I'm not sure what plants you're trying to grow in your tank or your fert regimen but for me it's worked pretty well

 

[rhsoto94]

Just low light anubias java fern wisteria crypts and amazon swords

 

[phishiephishie]

Try it out im sure you'll be ok. Depending on your substrate you might have to use root tabs for the crypts and swords