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Old 02-23-2011, 02:03 PM
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to grow Cheato / should I being using something with 6700 bulbs or 10000?
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Old 02-23-2011, 04:36 PM
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6700 will grow it way better in my experiences. The best lighting I have found are 100W "cool white" bulbs (coil style) - for some reason these grow this stuff like crazy
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Old 02-23-2011, 06:37 PM
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my macro algae grow like crazy under HD phillips daylight 6500K compact flourescents.
I use the curly ones because the light fixture is horizontal
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Thanks for the tips guys...
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find even the 6500k 23W spiral CF works good for chaeto
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