Search Results for ‘actinic lighting’

I have a T5 lighting structure. 1 blue 1 white. I was curious what each lighting is for specifically? Also I want to know if it is okay to leave the blue light on at night as a nightlight? Would that be bad for the fish and corals?

I'm new and have been reading and going to lfs for info. I just upgraded my lights to 1xT5 39w 6700 and 1xT5 39w actinic. I also have the cheap lamp for the 30gal and the lfs said I could use a 20 T8 Actinic in that and have it turn on first, then the other lights, then leave on after. To...

I'm about due to replace my lights I have a 30 gal and am using 2 96w Power compacts. I run 1 10'000k and one Actinic .My question is about tha Actinic bulb I see 420nm, 460nm and a duel 420nm/460nm is there any benefit to one or the other or is it just looks I was leaning toward the duel...

Hey everyone, So I was getting little growth in my 50 gallon reef. I had a prizm protein skimmer, phosban reactor, and a typical canister filter Eheim. Everything was fine and I've even had specialists over to take samples...They say people would die for my water quality. So what the hell is...

36wx4 $179 or 96wx 2 $79, While the t5s will be brighter even at the lowerr wattage (with proper reflector), is it worth paying twice as much? I ran PCs before on small tanks with good results 5 years ago when t5 HOs were virtually unheard of. Now I come back to the hobby and all I here is pc...

http://www.aquariumdirect.com/productlinks/ledlightingproducts.html has anyone seen these? What, as a community, do you think of it?

I have two different colors of Sinularia flexibis. One is Tan, and the other green, which looks really cool under Actinic lighting. I got them a while back in a trade. They are getting a little big for my tank setup, and there are a couple other things that i need more, so i am having to let...

Hey does anyone have a frag ready of chris b small green birdsnest? also I think it was Matt did you make a pole for catching a fish in your tank. Do you have any info on that? I need to get a coral beauty out of mine.:fish:

http://www.exoticreefs.us/er_orig/repository/tubs/tubs_starbright.html this was the acro im hunting. no longer available through tubs im afraid, but it exists somewhere, out there, in the starbright universe. and i will get it some how some way. heres another, not a "have to have" like the...

can someone explain to me what actinic light does or does it do anything other than light up the tank. How do i get the neon colors in my tank pop are there different moon lights that do that or are there different actinic lights that do that??? I know this may seem dumb but i really do not...

I will be bringing a handful of frags with me but if there is anyone else who would specifically like to trade some of the more rare corals feel free to pm, I want to bring some but I don't want to bring so many to where some get passed out and get just xenia or something in return...I plan on...

I am posting this for someone i work with, they do not have an TRT account, but his contact information is located at the bottom. He wants $450. -46 Gal Bowfront Fish Tank (bought less than 6mts ago) -Matching Stand (bought w/ tank at Petsmart) -About 100 lbs of Live Rock (a good bit is fiji...

Just got a Canon A650IS 12 MP :nuts: camera from www.buydig.com Here are the first shots (6 out of 7) with the camera right out of the box, and no after effects under actinic lighting. Finally it looks like what I see!!! :thumbup: Just did some algae scraping, buffed the outside of the tank, and...

Ok, so I have decided to do a build post. I plan to keep softies in this tank, and the LR I got has some beautiful mushrooms and kenya trees. Here is what I have: Equipment: - 20g Long tank - 25lb Caribsea Caribbean LS - ~25lb Beautiful LR (from Jojon60) - Orbit 65W Dual Actinic lighting -...

I read for some corals you need 5-7 per gallon on the average 3-5 is best... then I look at lighting fixture prices and fall out of my chair. I am wondering though can I get away with standard lighting and perhaps one or two 250 watt metal halides in certain areas of my tank where the rock is...