Fuge Lighting?

[Crixus]

What kind of lighting does everyone use on their fuge's?

 

[CodyRVA]

Simple Home Depot clamp light and grow bulb works for me $15 max

 

[Roberto CRC]

I have a DIY fixture whit Rapid Led. 3 warm white, 3 royal blue, 3 far red.

 

[Crixus]

Simple Home Depot clamp light and grow bulb works for me $15 max

WHat kind of grow lamp?

 

[CodyRVA]

WHat kind of grow lamp?

I used a cheap one I found at Home Depot, but it didn't last long so I ended up with a GE LED bulb from Walmart with matching growth rates.

 

[Ricardo Berrios]

Hi Fuge Lighting was the easiest to do and probably the cheapest too. i just over think everything, and took hours in the bulb isle at home depot just to get a bulb. and they all Work any ways well at least that what it seems like. Here is a pic of what i'm using so you can get an idea on how simple and cheap it could be, 2 weeks ago i pplaced a piece of cheato the size of my thumb and now is the size of my hand. the first week was slow but now its growing like crazy. I do like it since its for my mandarin's copepods.

 

[Ricardo Berrios]

i put a $3 timer and forget about it it works great. but if anyone has a better bulb i would love to here about it.

 

[smh254]

Here's what I use and works great. Drop light and bulbs from Home Depot.

 

[Girish23]

I usr 36 watt pl l light it works great to

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[Salty1962]

Kessil A160WE Tuna Sun

 

[ReeferReefer]

I use a old diy Cree led fixture from my last nano and some lednet led bars.

 

[najer]

Maxspect razor nano as I had 1 hanging about spare. ;)

 

[mfinn]

What kind of lighting does everyone use on their fuge's?

I've tried a bunch of different bulbs over the years, and this one is the best I've found. Great growth over the last 4 years.

 

[Salty.Reefer]

What aspect of the light is the most valuable? Is it the K value, Lumens, wattage, PAR? I have a 5000k, 550 lumen, 20 PAR, 8 watt LED from Lowes. I chose this one because it said it was suitable for wet locations and was pretty cheap. Also how long do you run your light for? I am currently running mine for 12 hours throughout the night.

 

[CodyRVA]

Way to much emphasis put on a fuge light. Keep it simple, you don't need to invest hundreds of dollars when a $15 setup accomplishes the same thing.

 

[smh254]

What aspect of the light is the most valuable? Is it the K value, Lumens, wattage, PAR? I have a 5000k, 550 lumen, 20 PAR, 8 watt LED from Lowes. I chose this one because it said it was suitable for wet locations and was pretty cheap. Also how long do you run your light for? I am currently running mine for 12 hours throughout the night.

I always look for bulbs that are 6500K daylight and they have always worked well.

 

[mfinn]

What aspect of the light is the most valuable? Is it the K value, Lumens, wattage, PAR? I have a 5000k, 550 lumen, 20 PAR, 8 watt LED from Lowes. I chose this one because it said it was suitable for wet locations and was pretty cheap. Also how long do you run your light for? I am currently running mine for 12 hours throughout the night.

Here is some info that might shed some light on the subject.

http://www.melevsreef.com/articles/inexpensive-refugium-bulb

 

[Salty.Reefer]

Here is some info that might shed some light on the subject.

http://www.melevsreef.com/articles/inexpensive-refugium-bulb

Thank you. I actually read that article while I was in Lowes trying to pick one out haha. I basically skimmed it and the pictures and that is why I chose the 5000k led. Mine is not as strong as Mark's but I think it will do the trick.

 

[FiremanRick]

After reading about an algae scrubber build, I bought one of these off eBay. <$30. Grows algae like crazy. Going to order a second one here shortly.

 

[Salty.Reefer]

After reading about an algae scrubber build, I bought one of these off eBay. <$30. Grows algae like crazy. Going to order a second one here shortly.

What is it called? The hyper link only brings me to ebays home page.