light fixture

[gman42]

bought an aquaeon 36" single tube strip light, and im kind of dissapointed. it came with a 24" 17 watt 8000k full spectrum lamp. its a t8 fixture.
i was wondering if there are any goid bulbs that i could buy to brighten up the tank.

 

[rreekers]

are you trying to grow plants or just add brightness?
plants do best under 6700k and brightest light would be 10k. but it all has a lot to do with the depth of your tank

 

[gman42]

just brighten it up a bit, its not the brightest light.

 

[gman42]

its also 16" deep

 

[rreekers]

the 10000k bulb will be the brightest you will get

 

[pleechford]

The best place to buy bulbs is like lowes or home depot. They have all sorts of t8 bulbs for cheap!!

 

[gman42]

do they have bulbs that dont produce a yellow colorish light. my old one was blueish white, and it looked awesome.

 

[cbobruk]

That'd be a higher kelvin light. If you are going for a cool white/blueish, 10000k will be what you are looking for.

 

[pleechford]

That'd be a higher kelvin light. If you are going for a cool white/blueish, 10000k will be what you are looking for.

+1 to that!