Not really but I'm guessing that you mean for plant growth. Triplus have a very large blue peak and large red peak and a smallish green peak. Plants like blue and red so this is good. Daylight tubes tend not to have so much red and blue but do have a large green peak which plants don't really use (some will debate this fact but the way I see it plants are green because they reflect this wavelength). So possibly the triplus is better for plants.title says it all
Not really but I'm guessing that you mean for plant growth. Triplus have a very large blue peak and large red peak and a smallish green peak. Plants like blue and red so this is good. Daylight tubes tend not to have so much red and blue but do have a large green peak which plants don't really use (some will debate this fact but the way I see it plants are green because they reflect this wavelength). So possibly the triplus is better for plants.title says it all
What's best is usually what you like best. I don't like daylight tubes because they wash out the colours and prefer triplus because of their purplish colour. Others don't like the purplish colour and like the bright green of the daylight. Both tubes will be able to grow plants just fine at the end of the day.
James
if you want night veiwing i recommend cold cathode night lights or led moon lights, ive read a tuturial on how to make both, ill try and find them for you (Y)While on the subject, of lighting,
anyone know of a 3x tube overtank illuminare ?
Im after a t8 but can only find a 2x Arcadia make, (want one that wont leak light into the room as my bed is lower than the tank,
and a 4x t5 is SO expensive, leaving me with a 2x tube t8 (are you confused yet)
the 3rd tube is in my list of Must have as I want a night viewing light.
thanks for the reply george, mine started as a nano, its now a 10 gallon which is turning into a nightmareI tried Triplus and Daylight Plus PC T5, on seperate occasions over my nano.
Daylight Plus looked much better and growth was no slower, to my eye, than Triplus.