plant and aquarium lights

are those good for vegging plants? i have 2 40 watters that are 4 feet long. I was told they work the best for flourescent because they give off a full light spectrum.

steedganj said:

are those good for vegging plants? i have 2 40 watters that are 4 feet long. I was told they work the best for flourescent because they give off a full light spectrum.

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I am using cfls for my primary light. But, I am using four 24" aquarium bulbs as supplemental and they are growing better than anything in the past(experience could be playing a role as well). I am using two 10k tubes and two actinic tru blue tubes for the supplemental.

yea, aquarium tubes could be good, specially the ones with a bit more blue... im buying a 10.000K blue/white PL-L bulb, of 55W. I think its going to work great. Plants seams to like more blue we normally give them. I have a setup with only 42W in fluoros and some blue LEDs, and its working fime until now.

Take a look to my threat , if you want to see some pics:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/63751-sudamerican-indoor-2-0-a.html

I find that they tend to cost more and do less. Go to you local hydroponic store, they will hook you up with some killer lights for the same price or less.

These lights cost the same as any ordinary flouro. around $4.99 each at the local crappy tire. We dont have too much in the ways of a hydroponic shop here, as the local shop got raided last year.

homusubi said:

yea, aquarium tubes could be good, specially the ones with a bit more blue... im buying a 10.000K blue/white PL-L bulb, of 55W. I think its going to work great. Plants seams to like more blue we normally give them. I have a setup with only 42W in fluoros and some blue LEDs, and its working fime until now.

Take a look to my threat , if you want to see some pics:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/63751-sudamerican-indoor-2-0-a.html

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IMO, You should spend the money on plant purple/6500k PL-L 55w. I posted a bit of info regarding this exact subject last week. When I bought mine they sent me a 10% off coupon code, I already bought all I needed, so if you want the coupon code, shoot me a PM and it's yours. I think its a one time use coupon, otherwise I'd post it in this thread.
10000k is not what you want, nor is Actinic blue. They make plenty of PL-L 55w biax tubes that are geared more to houseplants, and not geared to coral and aquatic plants.