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rayjay · 06-11-2004, 03:50 PM

I have no experience with PC's so my advice take with a grain of salt.
In my opinion though, any light added is an improvement.
Before spending money on new PC lamps, why not just see what it looks like using that fixture with a GE Daylight Ultra 40W lamp from Walmart, or any other GE supplier? ($4.19 Canadian here in London Ontario) It's a 6500K lamp with lumen output of 3050. This shouldn't change the appearance of the tank much other than to brighten it a little and you would have spent very little to add more output.
If you go with white PC's, it will cost a fair bit more, and, with only one actinic in the NO fixture, you may find the color more like a warm white instead of daylight.
I've been using these GE Daylight Ultra's now for about 8-9 yrs.

06-11-2004, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
rayjay Spaghetti Worm Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London, ON, Canada Posts: 184 Karma: 71	Re: found old NO light fixture I have no experience with PC's so my advice take with a grain of salt. In my opinion though, any light added is an improvement. Before spending money on new PC lamps, why not just see what it looks like using that fixture with a GE Daylight Ultra 40W lamp from Walmart, or any other GE supplier? ($4.19 Canadian here in London Ontario) It's a 6500K lamp with lumen output of 3050. This shouldn't change the appearance of the tank much other than to brighten it a little and you would have spent very little to add more output. If you go with white PC's, it will cost a fair bit more, and, with only one actinic in the NO fixture, you may find the color more like a warm white instead of daylight. I've been using these GE Daylight Ultra's now for about 8-9 yrs. _________ *RAY'S REEF*