Replacing light bulb?

[keithgs1]

Hi I have a 50 gallon SeaClear with FOWLR. How ofter should you replace the light bulb? I heard after a year they decrease in the amount of good light they give off.

 

[huma-huma]

if its fowlr, the quality of light a fixture puts out is of little relevance. i wouldnt replace them until a) they physically burn out/flicker constantly or b) shift color temp enough that it annoys you.

 

[keithgs1]

Hi I have a 50 gallon SeaClear with FOWLR. How ofter should you replace the light bulb? I heard after a year they decrease in the amount of good light they give off.

Huma,
What about if you have a Condy and Bubble Anemone?
Thank you,
Keith

 

[mr_X]

Then you don't have a FOWLR. A photosynthetic creature changes the name of that tank to a "reef". IMO, you need more than a single lamp to keep an anemone alive.

 

[keithgs1]

Then you don't have a FOWLR. A photosynthetic creature changes the name of that tank to a "reef". IMO, you need more than a single lamp to keep an anemone alive.

Thank you.