Tank Lighting

[Johnny287]

Hi folks. I need to replace a bulb which has now flickered off to a better place up in strip light heaven. I currently have a blue moonlight by Interpet in there, and from before I fitted that, I also have a Glo Aqua Glow bulb which I took out when I got the moonlight one. Does anyone know if these twwo will be sufficient for my live plants in my tank or should I just replace the Glo Power Glow? Does it depend on tank size, number of plants, location of tank etc, or is there a general do's and do not's when it comes to lighting?

 

[KittyKat]

So you now have only one flickering blue light in the tank?

If you have space for only one bulb and you have a spare bulb (Glo Aqua Glow/Glo Power Glow/whatever), then you should be fine if you replace the broken blue bulb with that. Blue is not that great for growing plants under, but any whiteish or not-complete-weird-colour bulb should be fine. If you are planing to buy a new bulb, I can recommend cool daylight (colour 865 which by Philips/Osram/whoever) and that you look at bulbs which are not branded for aquarium use.

 

[Johnny287]

So you now have only one flickering blue light in the tank?

If you have space for only one bulb and you have a spare bulb (Glo Aqua Glow/Glo Power Glow/whatever), then you should be fine if you replace the broken blue bulb with that. Blue is not that great for growing plants under, but any whiteish or not-complete-weird-colour bulb should be fine. If you are planing to buy a new bulb, I can recommend cool daylight (colour 865 which by Philips/Osram/whoever) and that you look at bulbs which are not branded for aquarium use.

No no, sorry for the misunderstanding - I have a blue one which is completely fine, the Power Glow was the flickering one. So with the blue one and the Aqua Glow that should be ok?

 

[KittyKat]

Yes, it should be fine.

 

[Johnny287]

Lovely, thanks for that.