Reef Bulbs

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Aquarium bulbs are:

* T-12, a housing standard, 1-1/2 "wide bulb. The most commonly used lamp watts

* T-8, a standard pin, 1 "wide bulb. Compared with the T-12, a 48" T-12 uses 32 watts, while a 48 "T-8 using 32 watts.

* T-5, typically about 13 mm in diameter. This is a mini-pin-watt bulb typically uses much less per lumen, and T-8 bulbs.

* T-2, These bulbs are the most advanced technology yet. They measure only 7 mm and allow more light bulbs in a small space. A 13 T-20 watt bulb 2-inch (6400 K) produces 950 lumens, which is 73 lumens per watt in a small space!

Frankly, these title = "Aquarium T2 lights bulbs, lamps, lighting "target =" _blank "href =" http://americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquariumbulb.html "> Lamps T2 and accessories are on the best bulbs in a small space I've seen! They are very useful for smaller tanks or planted Nano Reef or shelves for farmers Betta. I hope These new T-2 lamp to sweep small aquarium keeping hobby because of their extreme efficiency and the sale of production.

lamps as the new generation through Aqua Helios VHO. News Helios comes in a variety sizes, with outputs of 180 watts lamps 40 inches in length, which rivals that of many metal halide (but not the depth of penetration). These new VHO lamps increased production and lights are Kelvin and output power than the previous generation lights VHO / accessories of similar size. They can be used both for marine applications and coral planted freshwater aquariums (OBS, these new are not programmed to fully unleash the population until the beginning 2008).

* PC, which means "compact power. The of and even planted a reef aquarium (as an addition to metal halide or LED) is self-ballasted bulbs SHO PC. The 105-watt bulb Daylight SHO out of 6300 lumens and is comparable to a standard 525 watt bulb (Click image for link). This seems to 60 lumens per watt, but this is a misleading guide as you can fit more of these lamps in a given space, and also the use of reflectors more efficient.

OHSS can be mounted on your hood using an incandescent light or better, hung as a pendant light using the reflector similar to the way install more metal halide

* Metal halide (MH), who are the reigning "Kings" reef aquarium because of the depth of penetration, production, spectrum, and especially the beauty and the amount of live coral, help support. Although new T-5 lamps can not reach the depth of the penetration and the total output of these lamps.

The work in metal halide through a gas mixture of halides and other items. Production current view of the small bubble of gas is held in place of the son of metal and / or support. The supply of electricity between them and the small bubble of gas, heating, similar to an incandescent filament. This is one reason why metal halide bulbs emit more heat than other bulbs.

The disadvantage is the heat MH lamps produce, often resulting in the need for fans to meet and even refrigerators. Two sizes you use most often are K and K 10000 175 W 20.000 250 watts for deep tanks (over 30 ")

* LED: The new reef compatible LED likely that the market as it will be much more accessible, the cost and watts per lumen come up. These lights are not problems of heat and are very compact. LED lights may be more suitable for aquatic life tanks lighting and reef aquariums, because they offer more flexibility than traditional fluorescent lamps. When LED lights operate, the photometric radiation remains within a band of about the electromagnetic spectrum. Photometric specific wavelengths often beneficial to some aquatic plants and aquariums reef. Control of specific wavelengths is possible with a basic network of colored LED lights connected to a digital LED controller. Since LEDs emit light only in the very specific sense, the installer is able to highlight a specific area by simply rotating polycarbonate tube envelopes. Also water resistant housing LED circuits provides adequate protection against moisture and chemicals found in the fish tank or reef.

So far, there are mixed reviews in larger units, such as Solaris that replace the MH. The manufacturer of Solaris levels PAR light output equal to a 400W MH 20K. It uses 40% less energy than the MH Replacing 400W 20k games. The life of LEDs is about 50,000 hours, virtually eliminates iodides Metallic and fluorescent replacement bulb. All heat is radiated away and the tank and therefore does not heat the water as the metal halide or fluorescent. This eliminates the need for refrigeration. "However, the data show 20 lumens per watt MH lamps provide about 50 lumens per watt output.

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