Help. Looking for lights

[CrazyFish101]

hey guys im looking for new lights for my 55 gal fish tank. I just want the light strip the long one. I think its 48 inches i bleave. But i need one with bright bulbs for my plants. I need about 125 wats or 120. So i can rase some more High light plants. please let me know what you have  and how much you want for them Thanks so much

Josh

[flowerhorn]

Re: Help. Looking for lights

why don't u try dual bulb T6 light strip its about 108watt . the strip came with 2 bulb one 12000k and 1 plant bulb,its very bright, the cost about $75.

[geoff_tropheus]

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A single Metal Halide Pendant might be best here.

48" Powercompacts are out there as well but they usually come in 4-65W bulbs which is a lot higher than your looking for.

PM Walter "wvgdiscus" he has a number of 48" T5 lights that come with 2-bulbs.  The 2-Bulbs are 54W each, which make 108W.

If your looking for more, there are a number of new fixtures that come with 3-T5 lights, or 4 or even more.  They range in price of $150 to $225.

Walter is probably your best bet for that wattage.

[flowerhorn]

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T6 108w strip give out twice as much light as T5 108w and last longer and cheaper. try it out

[eklikewhoa]

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If I'm not mistaken......T5 will have less restrike then T6 so it would actually get more light into the tank.

Coralife makes a 2x65w PC fixture as well as the 4x65w which will have two switches so you don't have to run all four at once. IMO I would go with the 4x65w and have a "noon burst" setup for the second set of bulbs to give it more Umph, especially if you are wanting to go with High light plants.

[semper]

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i have this

orbit 4 x 65 watt pc

bulbs about 2 months old

also has moonlights

$200

[wvgdiscus]

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I have two t-5 light fixture. For $40.00 each they have dual bulbs & 48" long with legs & 54w each.

[geoff_tropheus]

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T-5 has the highest lumen per watt in flourecent lighting.

T-5 lights get 104 lumens per watt.

Powercompacts get 60 lumens per watt.

Metal Halides get roughly 95 lumens per watt.

I cannot find data on a T-6, but a T-8 gets 60-80 lumens per watt. T-12's around 50 lumens per watt.

[geoff_tropheus]

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T6 data I found so far says 88 lumens/watt

[CichlidFan]

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Nicely done science officer spock.... :)

CF

[wvgdiscus]

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CF that is what engineers do.

[rrocket2002]

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Aye Captian, I think she'll make it, but she gots no blinkers!

:)

[spyke1969]

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[geoff_tropheus]

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[CrazyFish101]

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Haha i need a good set of 48' that is Good watts for my plants. More than like 110