refug lighting
 

Will a NO "shop "light work for lighting a 20g refugium? I would put plant bulbs in it instead of the shop bulbs.

If you can find any clip on lights (I got mine from Canadian Tire) & put in a 26w CFL Noma Cool white or Phillips Daylight (Home Depot), you should be good to go.

Anthony

Thanks Anthony

Inspector aka Paul used the clipon and daylight in his 15-20 refugium and has had a hard time keeping up with the pruning because it grows so fast!

Any lights from the kelvin rating of 5000K and under is really good to use. the ones from Home depot and canadian tire. if you can get the out side fixtures that you can get they are the yellow ones from Can -tire with the grill on them for spot lights i think. 500 watters.

check into those

why do you say this? is there something wrong with using a daylight bulb at 6500K?

personally I would stay away from anything under 5000K if you goal is to grow plants/algae ect.. super store has some power compacts that screw into a regular light socket on for 5 bucks each and they are a true day light spectrum of 6500K and would be awesome for a sump or something.

Steve

If you want to grow frags in the refugium what light would you suggest?

For plant growth any normal bulb will be fine, The longer wavelenghts in daylight bulbs are good for plant growth (algae) :biggrin:

Steve you are probably right, I always thought a lower Kelvin rating is better for growing algae in the sump or refug

mike

I use an undercabinet type 18" flourescent fixture with a growlight bulb in it on my refugium. I got it at Home Depot in the lighting section for about $20 plus $5 for the growlight bulb. I leave the opaque plastic lens off and it sits right on top of the eggcrate nice and close to the water surface. Seems to make the macroalgae grow just fine.