LF small light for refuge

[whatcaneyedo]

I use Philips 27W CF Daylight bulbs that I buy at Home Depot. If you look really hard on the back you can usually find where it says 6500K in very small writing...

Heres a link showing what the 15W ones look like.
http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/s...k=P_PartNumber

[fkshiu]

That 5500K spiral CF spotlight fuge bulb I got at RONA (very similar to the one in Mark's pic) does spit out some pretty good PAR. Here are the results I had with my PAR meter against the 2x39W Coralife PC fixture about my QT:

My 23W CF 5500K spotlight in the fuge (1 year old bulb):
-124 above water 6" from bulb
-54 just below surface
-21 12" deep
-8 20" deep

My 2x39W PC fixture (10,000K[brand new] and actinic [ancient]) 12" above my QT:
-42 at water's surface
-15 at 6" deep
-9 at 18" deep

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

That 5500K spiral CF spotlight fuge bulb I got at RONA (very similar to the one in Mark's pic) does spit out some pretty good PAR. Here are the results I had with my PAR meter against the 2x39W Coralife PC fixture about my QT:

My 23W CF 5500K spotlight in the fuge (1 year old bulb):
-124 above water 6" from bulb
-54 just below surface
-21 12" deep
-8 20" deep

My 2x39W PC fixture (10,000K[brand new] and actinic [ancient]) 12" above my QT:
-42 at water's surface
-15 at 6" deep
-9 at 18" deep

WOW coralife sux LOL

[mark]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

That 5500K spiral CF spotlight fuge bulb I got at RONA (very similar to the one in Mark's pic) does spit out some pretty good PAR. Here are the results I had with my PAR meter against the 2x39W Coralife PC fixture about my QT:

My 23W CF 5500K spotlight in the fuge (1 year old bulb):
-124 above water 6" from bulb
-54 just below surface
-21 12" deep
-8 20" deep

My 2x39W PC fixture (10,000K[brand new] and actinic [ancient]) 12" above my QT:
-42 at water's surface
-15 at 6" deep
-9 at 18" deep

That's some difference.

Was thinking about setting up a small frag tank, if I do just might line the hood with CF.