merlinblack
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Hi folks,
I notices some 1" fluorescent tubes that said 150% more light than standard fluorescent but I cant remeber what they were called.
I've also seen some that are small tubes doubled over like the low energy light bulbs you use in the house but longer.
My tanks are
5' x 2' x 2'
5'x 2' x 18"
5' x 12" x 15"
Im currently using 5 x 5 foot tubes at about 65W each but are pretty much the same type of tube Ive been buying for 15-20 years.
I have recently bought an RO unit to make soft water and looking into better substrate and adding fertilizer but would also like to see if i can have better lighting.
Ive noticed there are new technologies appearing and would like to know if I could get something brighter and possibly reduce my energy usage at the same time as I'm getting into snakes as well so they are going to increase my bill.
I dont have a great deal of space in the hood so will need it to fit in a similar amount of space that a tube does.
Please can you help if you know as this will be usefull to lots of people and we can all reduce our carbon footprints lol.
PS I've not posted on here so just trying to work out how to do it properly
Thanks
I notices some 1" fluorescent tubes that said 150% more light than standard fluorescent but I cant remeber what they were called.
I've also seen some that are small tubes doubled over like the low energy light bulbs you use in the house but longer.
My tanks are
5' x 2' x 2'
5'x 2' x 18"
5' x 12" x 15"
Im currently using 5 x 5 foot tubes at about 65W each but are pretty much the same type of tube Ive been buying for 15-20 years.
I have recently bought an RO unit to make soft water and looking into better substrate and adding fertilizer but would also like to see if i can have better lighting.
Ive noticed there are new technologies appearing and would like to know if I could get something brighter and possibly reduce my energy usage at the same time as I'm getting into snakes as well so they are going to increase my bill.
I dont have a great deal of space in the hood so will need it to fit in a similar amount of space that a tube does.
Please can you help if you know as this will be usefull to lots of people and we can all reduce our carbon footprints lol.
PS I've not posted on here so just trying to work out how to do it properly
Thanks