When I first got my fixture home I was surprised to find that the
replacement bulbs for this fixture were made of unobtanium. That is,
unless you decided to swallow the inflated price set my All-Glass. I
refuse! I'd rather eat rocks.
Now ~1 year has passed and perusing through GE's online catalog, I found
that the FX55BX/AR/FS is now listed. However without paying an exorbarant
fish store inflation, where could I possibly find a pair of these bulbs?
Here is the info GE has published:
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Subcategory: Plug-in 4-Pin High Lumen Biax®
Product Code: 45851
Description: F55BX/AR/FS 6PK
Watts: 55
Average Rated Life: 10000
Lumens (Initial): 4800
Lumens (Mean): 4080
Color Temperature (K): 9325
Color Rendering Index (Ra) CRI: 67
Bulb Type: BiaxL (T5)
Base Type: 2G11
Nominal Length (In.): 20.7000
Nominal Length (mm): 525.000
Sales Unit UPC: 043168458511
Case UPC: 043168458511
Case Quantity: 6
Additional Information: Fresh and Salt Water Phosphor
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Think maybe I can convince my local hydroponics shop to buy a 6 pack for
me? Likely they already deal with GE. They do carry aquatic products as
well. I got the PMDD DIY pack from them and that was the most excellent
buy ever! I'll _NEVER_ run out.
My other question is... is 9300K too high? My one plant no longer
resembles what it did when it was introduced. It lost it's round bright
green leaves and filled back in with dark red long pointed leaves. It's
still nice, but drastically different. Some plants did not survive longer
than a couple months after their initial introduciton. Perhaps they could
do nothing with the high spectrum? Some grass I introduced to fill the
front has hardly spread, but there could be other reasons.... like neglect.
Chris.
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