[kyle1745]

Lowes sells one called a sunstick that is about $6 each that is 6200k or 6500k and full spectrum. If your looking for a 4ft light. If not them look into the reti-glow 2.0 or 5.0 bulbs. GE also makes a 5000k light that will work well, you might be able to find them at walmart or other local store.

There also a ton of good into on lighting here:
http://www.doylesdartden.com/lighting.htm

 

[kyle1745]

Can't go wrong with them. $22 for shop light and bulbs. ;-)

Kyle...that's exactly what I use in my 4 foot fixtures.

-Bill J.

 

[kyle1745]

I thought that I had read that 10000k lights could actually blind the frogs. Now how true this is I have no idea, but I have had great luck with just 6500k lights.

 

[kyle1745]

I thought about it, but they just get too hot. Most of the fixtures come vented with fans, so you can push the hot air outside...

so, has anyone used MH or HPS lights to get there tanks grown in very well before introducing frogs to the set-up? It sounds like a good idea, and you will pay a little bit more, but seems the tanks would be happily grown in and it wouldn't have that, just finished look, but more natural.

I don't know which would be better MH or HPS, probably MH since we aren't going for flowering plants, but more continual compact growth. Just wondering?

Chris

 

[kyle1745]

Lets put it this way, if you put them in a room and closed the door the whole room will get up around 80-90... They get very very hot.

Lights like this:
http://www.gardenindoors.com/gilight.html

I know they get hot, ballast and bulb, but what about hanging them up outside of the tank about a foot or two above your tanks, if you have glass ceilings and you have a fan directly blowing on the bulb, it seems like it would be cool enough to use, even for just a couple weeks-a month.
Of course I am not talking about a 400 watt bulb, but maybe a 70-150 would do the trick? I think I might try it just to see how the tanks respond.