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That won't break the bank. I need 2-3 bulbs that average around 30dollars. I have a 24in fixture and so 24watts, around 6,500 k. I want my plants to grow like weeds haha
True haha, I just wanna know if there's any suggestions on what to get. Like I found some in amazon for like 6 dollars but no reviews so... There called plustrite I belive
I don't know if one brand name is better than the other as far as the bulbs. far as I know they're all made almost identically. As long as it's 6500 K range you're good.. I have 6700-1800k
Plants use light between 6000 and 10K bulbs. The higher the K rating the higher the blue spectrum of light which can make red/pink plants and fish look washed out. Bulbs around the 6000-6700K are more balanced in the red and blue spectrum.
I've got several T5HO fixtures and have found Geisemann bulbs (using one Midday and one Aquaflora) to grow plants very well along with coloring up non-green plants very well. I've used many brands of bulbs over the years and find these bulbs superior to others I've tried and IMO are worth the money.
On Rivercat's suggestion I went to all Geiseman bulbs on my Quad T5HO Aquaticlife. I really saw better reds and growth over the Zoo Meds I had before. Not a huge difference but quite noticeable. Our local Petco has phased out their Zoo Med bulbs and now stocks Coralife bulbs. I had one of my Geiseman's burn out so until my online order comes in I got one of the Coralife 6700K bulbs as an emergency fill in. I have to say, I'm impressed with its brightness. It costs the same as a Geiseman so no advantage there. Moral= Coralife may have upped their game and has a premium bulb now. Time will tell. OS.
I bought two geiseman bulbs one a sunlight 6.500k the other a aqua flora. Then I decided to give the plustrite a try and bought two them. So will see how they do