special light for plants

[khoff]

The sunshine bulbs that I get from home depot (Wal-mart too and any stores with a lighting area probably has them) are a GE bulb and the actual name of the bulb is "Sunshine". They are fluorescent tube bulbs. They have orange packaging. They also have plant/aquarium bulbs, you don't want these. I made the mistake of getting them once and they are dim with a blue-ish hue to them. The plants don't like them much either.

5000k-6500k, ok that or a bulb called sunshine tube bulb. gotta get to home depot and check it out, thanks guys.

[Ryan]

I got a plant light last week, bad idea! It was the nastiest color yellow ever! So I went back and got a "Natural Sunshine" 5000k, very pleased with it. only a dollar :twisted: looks like there pricing gun glitched :twisted: same happened to plants 2.50 a nd the tage said 5 :wink:

its a long time later, but I have a new tank with a 3' light fixture. Home depot does not offer sunshine bulbs in that size. Should I buy the daylight bulbs that have a 6500k colour?

[Christian]

I use the tube from exoterra or the zoomed tubes ( I always forget what kind I use but my pet guy know for me ) They have tree kind rain forest,, the ??????, and the dessertic....

I have a 30 gallons and my only tube is really making me happe.... My bromialiad goes really good and all the other plants..... I have two news baby on my bromialiads....

One time a home depot nerds had toll me that the blue tube are for the leave and the thing that are going into the soil..... ( forgot the name in english) and the pink one is for the flower... I never chech if this is real...

If someone have something againts this tubes tell me... but they do well for now...

[JoshKaptur]

6500 is fine...

JOSH

[bgexotics]

I hate to say it but I have always gotten by cheaply on lighing. When I had a planted amazon aquarium, I had 4 48" Powerglo flourescent lights and no CO2 and my plants did great. My tank looked nicer then the one at my work that had the best light and a CO2 system and was maintained by a plant expert. The same goes for my dart tanks. I have two tanks that are 30 and 40 gallon x-tra tall tanks. I have on each one these double 24" flourescent lights that I got for $5 with various bulbs in them and my plants grow like weeds. I just yanked out a bunch of plants today so I could actually see my frogs again. My 75 gallon tanks has a 48" double flourescent and it is also growing ike crazy. However the room is very sunny where ikeep these tanks which might help some.

Growing plants and keeping vivariums is a very personal thing. What works for one person might not work for another. I would love to have compact flouescent lights and the best of everything, but I seem to be managing quite well just as it is.

A lighting guy told me all types of flouescent will be able to grow plants and the only reason people use the 5000k is because it gives off a nice blueish colour. I believe he is wrong because a lady from Philips inc. told me plants require only part of the full spectrum ( no green colours), and that is why special plant lights will work the best. I am goin to try the day glow and I will share how it works out.

[Moe]

5000K doesnt give off a bluish color. More of a yellowish glow. 10000K+ is what gives off the blue.

M.N