Bulb for refugium

[jezzeaepi]

What bulb is recomended for a 5 gallon fuge? I wasn't sure what to get at the hardware store so I just grabbed a "daylight" bulb, but thats probably not the right one. I am using one of those "clip on" fixtures.

Peace,
Jesse

 

[Katchupoy]

I bought one of those spiral fluorescent rated 6500k from home depot... around 7 bucks each. Now they have a higher watt 5500k bulb. Let me see where to get the link...

 

[Katchupoy]

should look like this.... and it must be blue... other colors are not 6500 k...

I used this for my softy tank for a while and it did the trick...

Here is the hood.... heehehehehehe

and these are bright....


and here is the spectrum....

 

[Krish]

Daylight bulbs are good for refugiums if growing a macro in there. Some people have better success with different bulbs so you will have to try a few and see which works best for your application. I used a freshwater coralife pc over my sump/fuge and was happy with it

 

[mmkeeper]

Lights of America @walmart 2700k to 6500k cfl floodlight 26watt par38. You might have to look for par value instead of k value.

 

[Brenden]

I ran the lights of America bulb on my fuge without issue for about 2 years. I am experiementing with a old 250w HQI bulb now. It is over 14 months old now and grows algae like a champ.