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What most people use is the Fairfield brand from Walmart. I think the bag just refers to it as natural poly-fil. Fire retardants are what you really want to avoid.
Bulb is like 5 ish 6 months old. Right after we bought the tank we bought a different light then the one it came with. Not sure of the color temp offhand