YuccaPatrol
Aquarium Advice Activist
Being the cheapskate that I am, I bought a nice looking inexpensive stainless steel 48" shoplight that will work very nicely (seems much better constructed than the made for aquarium light fixture that I already have.
so now I have 2 fixtures, with a total of 3 tubes.
The first one has a Hagen Aqua-Glo bulb.
I also bought 2 GE Ecolux Plant and Aquarium bulbs, but I think they are going to be returned because they seem to give off a very green color.
Sure they make plants look great, and they are labeled as "specifically designed to promote growth and flowring of plants and aquatic vegetation", but I looked up their color temperature and it is 3100K.
Are these acceptable bulbs for growing low light plants such as the java fern and anubias that are doing very well with just the single Hagen Aqua-glo? I know the aqua-glow tube is rated at a much higher color temperature.
I do think the aquarium looks good right now, but it seems a lot greener than it ever was. I don't know if that is just because I have so much more light now or if I made a bad choice with the bulbs. I am not looking to grow plants with high light requirements, only java fern and anubias.
Thanks!
so now I have 2 fixtures, with a total of 3 tubes.
The first one has a Hagen Aqua-Glo bulb.
I also bought 2 GE Ecolux Plant and Aquarium bulbs, but I think they are going to be returned because they seem to give off a very green color.
Sure they make plants look great, and they are labeled as "specifically designed to promote growth and flowring of plants and aquatic vegetation", but I looked up their color temperature and it is 3100K.
Are these acceptable bulbs for growing low light plants such as the java fern and anubias that are doing very well with just the single Hagen Aqua-glo? I know the aqua-glow tube is rated at a much higher color temperature.
I do think the aquarium looks good right now, but it seems a lot greener than it ever was. I don't know if that is just because I have so much more light now or if I made a bad choice with the bulbs. I am not looking to grow plants with high light requirements, only java fern and anubias.
Thanks!