Refugium lighting

[Luckfish]

What type of lighting are folks using on their refugiums? It's time to change my lights and i'm looking for options.

 

[zoechance]

Hi yes I am curious to see the recommendations as I have a trigger system sump refugium and now need a light too!

 

[Usctom]

I was using a par30 bulb. Now I'm using a cfl. Both grow cheato without issue.

 

[gmoney243]

simple cheap cfl warm white 3200k bulbs work best ive found. chaeto especially seems to like lower kelvin lighting IME at least.

 

[palvyre]

Using the daylight cfl here, 6500k. Chaeto growing like a weed.

 

[Javier peynado]

Led 660nm
Saludos


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[thejoshdavis]

Using the daylight cfl here, 6500k. Chaeto growing like a weed.

I copied palvyres setup for my big tank. The nano cube has the JBJ refugium LEDs.


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[Luckfish]

The cfl bulbs are just the ones at Home Depot right?

 

[fragmatic]

I have a refugium separate from my sump. I use two screw in 5000K, 23 watt, worm, florescent, daylight bulbs, each in one of those cheap clip on aluminum reflectors. Working great.

 

[schooleyosis]

I run a 19 watt 8000k LED stunner strip with the added reflector to help direct the light into the area of the sump that I want the chaeto to grow.

 

[fireman23]

I run a 3200k led from lowes. Great growth

 

[MBG75]

5k is a better range. 3200 is more for flowering plants.

Get this bulb.

 

[palvyre]

The daylight 6500k CFL was $2.48 for two of them. Package claims 12,000 hours of life per bulb.

 

[Dowtish]

I run a 3200k led from lowes. Great growth

+1! this bulb is where it's at! $12 very well spent for growing chaeto