Plant Lighting

[Rickzayne]

How do I tell what lights I have in my tank..

On the spec it says it has 2 x 45w

But one of them is a blue light when it's on..

I want to keep live plants and just want to give them the best chance.

Thanks.

 

[@ombomb]

if you look closely on the tubes themselves they will probably have a the colour temp rating (K) on there somewhere, blue tubes tends to be 10000K+ which isn't very helpful for plants, you want something more like 6500K

 

[Mowbz]

Agreed, the blue bulb is probably a "moonlight" bulb, no good for growing plants im afraid, way out of spectrum.

 

[Rickzayne]

Going off the website for the tank I think there the original ones they come with a day light and natural light..

But the top coating on the light has also come off by the look of it.

I'll go to my lfs and see what I can get.

Thanks