F40T10 bulb and algae growth

[Mikro]

have a strip light bulb marked as a 'F40T10 Eclipse Natural Daylight'
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Right under it and along its length hairy/bushy green algae is growing on the substrate and rocks. Is this bulb causing it maybe?

My other lighting is the Coralife PowerCompacts (Lunar AqualiteTwo 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue) and there is no algae problem under them.

See I'm using the light that came with the tank, the strip light, and the new PC's..

I dont even know what F40T10 means...

Thanks in advance.

 

[mojoreef]

I am not familar with that exact bulb, but algae does tend to perfer lighting in the red spectrum so it is very possible if not likly


Mike

 

[Beckmola24]

How old/new are the bulbs???

 

[plack]

F40 Is a flourescent Bulb 40 watt T10 is it's outside diameter size Natural Daylight is probably the 6500k spectrum