unknowncivicsi
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sup guys i have 60 gallon tank and i just bought a 2 t5 coralife double linear strip with 10,000k daylight and true actinic blue fluorecent lamps, with this be enough to my tank??? and what does 10,000k means?
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What wattage are they? What you planning to grow in the tank? Have you read the pinned articles? If this is for plants, then the actinic blue tube I think emits mostly blue light so its going to cause an algae problem. I would change it for a broadspectrum tube.
10,000k is to do with the light temp rating, nicked the following off a quick web search
"Color temperature is frequently used to describe the color quality of light in terms of degrees of Kelvin. The lower the temperature the more yellow and red are found the higher the temperature and the bluer the light will look. 5000 degrees is an average. It is considered to produce reflected or transmitted colors as close to normal sunlight (as is possible)"
Hope this helps, if you want more detailed help we'll need complete tank stats and what you're hoping to do.
Sam