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schmidtylv
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PostSubject: Help with lighting please   Help with lighting please Icon_minitime4/14/2012, 10:40 am

I have a 180g african cichlid tank and i was wondering if it is possible to use the lighting that makes the tank appear blue....

Any advise is appreciated.
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PostSubject: Re: Help with lighting please   Help with lighting please Icon_minitime4/14/2012, 5:10 pm

If you are referring to actinic lighting then yes, just buy new bulbs that are actinic (vs, 10,000 or 6,500 k). You might want to get a 50/50 bulb (50% actinic/50% 10,000 k- I think, it might be 6,500 k instead of 10,000.) 50/50 gives a really nice viewing spectrum. Actinic might come across as too "dark" looking. If you have a double bulb fixture (vs. several single bulb fixtures) then try 1 actinic bulb and 1 50/50 to give you more of the blue end of the spectrum without giving too much blue that you lose the brightness of the tank. It doesn't matter whether you have a T-5, Fluorescent or Power Compact fixture, each makes the different color spectrum bulbs.
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