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Re: [APD] help with finding inexpensive metal halides?



Jennifer,

Have you checked out Hellolights.com?

http://www.hellolights.com/2565iw.html

Tomoko
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Malmquist" <jenmalmquist at gmail_com>
To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: [APD] help with finding inexpensive metal halides?


> I have a 120 gallon planted tank lit with two 250W metal
halide
> pendants.  One bulb died this weekend and the other is
looking dim so I
> started looking into replacements, as my LFS doesn't carry
the bulbs I
> need.  When I saw that bulbs sold specifically for
aquariums on the
> pet-supply websites go for about $100 each I tried to look
around for
> alternative sources.  After doing some research on the
Krib I have found
> that I should probably find at minimum bulbs with a CRI
>90 and a temp
> of 5000K (at minimum, higher is probably better.)  It
seems as though
> bulbs with a lesser CRI and temperature could be used (and
would be just
> fine for the plants) but apparently would cause the tank
and light in
> the room to be an unpleasant color.  The tank acts as a
room divider
> between my dining and living rooms, so it's important to
me that the
> light quality be pleasant.  The tank has very few animal
residents (a
> few shrimp, one incredibly large SAE, one angel, a few
otos, one pleco
> and finally about a dozen tetras) and plants are primarily
swords,
> crypts, aponogentons, and anubias.  No fast growing plants
because I'm
> lazy and don't want to spend the time on the maintenance.
:)
>
> If anyone out there thinks that I'm incorrect (ie, a CRI
of 60-70 on a
> 3500k bulb would be just fine - these bulbs were much less
expensive)
> and/or can point me to a source I would be very grateful.
Thank you!
>
> Jen
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