Hello to everyone!!!!
I will be traveling to the States and I´ve been searching for diferent kind of lighting.
I use fluorescent bulbs in my "aquariums" so I´ve been searching for fluorescent for planted aquaria. I´m very interested in the Zoomed Flora Sun 8500°k fluorescent. Does somenone have any kind of experience with this bulb? Would you recomend it? Do they really last for 10.000 hours?
I´ve also read about a GE fluorescent por planted aquaria, it´s a 9000°k bulb I think, what about that? Is it good?
Would you recomend another fluorescent bulb?
I´ve been searching for some HQI too. A friend of mine bought some Osram double ended 5500°k 150W MQI bulbs for about 26US$ (designed to last for about 2 years being effective). I think they are quite cheap for an HQI bulb, because they are not made by an aquarium brand. I was thinking that maybe if I could find some HQI bulbs around that price I could upgrade my lighting to Metal Halides. Could you recomend me a good value brand for some 5500 or 6500°k HQI bulbs, or maybe a place to buy them? An electrical retail for example? Or an industrial retail?
Thanks for your time.
Florencio
I will be traveling to the States and I´ve been searching for diferent kind of lighting.
I use fluorescent bulbs in my "aquariums" so I´ve been searching for fluorescent for planted aquaria. I´m very interested in the Zoomed Flora Sun 8500°k fluorescent. Does somenone have any kind of experience with this bulb? Would you recomend it? Do they really last for 10.000 hours?
I´ve also read about a GE fluorescent por planted aquaria, it´s a 9000°k bulb I think, what about that? Is it good?
Would you recomend another fluorescent bulb?
I´ve been searching for some HQI too. A friend of mine bought some Osram double ended 5500°k 150W MQI bulbs for about 26US$ (designed to last for about 2 years being effective). I think they are quite cheap for an HQI bulb, because they are not made by an aquarium brand. I was thinking that maybe if I could find some HQI bulbs around that price I could upgrade my lighting to Metal Halides. Could you recomend me a good value brand for some 5500 or 6500°k HQI bulbs, or maybe a place to buy them? An electrical retail for example? Or an industrial retail?
Thanks for your time.
Florencio