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Eclipse 5 gallon lighting
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: Eclipse 5 gallon lighting
- From: "Rich Harkrader" <c_harkrader at charter_net>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:04:42 -0500
- References: <200306030140.h531eTSD027482@otter.actwin.com>
> A while back, the wife asked me for her own little aquarium, an Eclipse 5
> gallon Hex. This comes with an incandescent bulb, which I switched out
for
> a screw in type compact fluorescent bulb of 14 watts. I couldn't find a
> bulb that has anything close to 6500k or even 5000k. This bulb puts out
> an awful yellow sheen, so I suspect it is somewhere in the 3000k
> range. Algae seems to love this light. Does anyone know a source for a
> similar wattage bulb but in a higher color temperature?
>
> Thanks!
I use Springlamp screw-in PCF bulbs. You can check out the webpage at
www.springlamp.com. I order them from www.1000bulbs.com. They have 6500K
and 5100K bulbs, and I've been very happy with both. I have them in 15 and
27 Watt varieties, but they have several other wattages as well. They run
as hot as most screw-in PCFs, but not so much that they melt anything or the
like. I have a 15 Watt bulb in a little 2 gallon hex tank with a lid
similar to an Eclipse and it works just fine. Hope this helps!
Rich;)