6500L CF bulbs no where to be found

[Hightower]

Ok, I have a 7200K bulb over my refugium with the cheato nice and healty but not particularly growing fast.

I have been looking for a 6500/6700k CF all over vancouver,burnaby, and everyone has every color temperature except. i.e Home depot, Rona, Canadian Tire,Superstore,,.,,, etc

The unit above the refugium is a 13watt PC but Im thinking I can replace that with a socket bulb CF and yield more light.

If anyone knows where to find these bulbs please let me know!

Thanks

[Invigor]

try the small guy. there's a small shop here that brings in a case of them just for fish guys. I think they're about $17 each for 26w bulbs.

[Dabbler]

The best place my Mother has found for CF screw in type bulbs is Ikea...well here in edmonton that is. Try them out

[vanreefer]

I got my CF screw in bulb at King eds.... can't remember what I paid but it was around $20

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Phillips Daylight 23W CFL are $7.99 at HomeDepot.

[Hightower]

Seahorse,

I checked @ home depot andI couldnt find any 6500/6700 bulbs.

The phillips daylight I looked at indicated 4100k.

Was it a particular location? I was at the burnaby one.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I've used those over my macro no problem. Other's have also told me the Noma ones at Canadian Tire are good.

Anthony

[christyf5]

I'm currently using the home depot ones. Everything in my fuge is growing like crazy. :biggrin:

[muck]

I'm currently using the home depot ones. Everything in my fuge is growing like crazy. :biggrin:
Me too.. :cool:

[Hightower]

Cool. So phillips daylight or noma daylight is good regardless of what the color temperature indicates?

[reefburnaby]

Hi,

Plants love lower temperature lamps (plants don't know what to do with actinics). So, regular cool white or warm white are just fine (warm white is better though).

-Victor.

[vanreefer]

I too thought the temp had to be close to 6500 that why I didn't buy the HD ones... I will next time