sump light?

[90gallon4me]

I was woundering what everyone is using for a sump light?

 

[salt reefer]

im no expert but i have a 20 inch 4 buld coralife with fans hope it works good.

 

[drnecropolis]

A cheap clip on light at walmart and a 5500k screw in bulb.. Total cost is around $10

 

[salt reefer]

nice.

 

[loudog42362]

I asked the same question and mojo posted a link about melevs reef and the bulb he used I did the same the bulb came from wal mart and cost about 10 bucks also check out that thread pretty interesting

 

[90gallon4me]

well i had a nice coralife fixture, but it broke.... befor i spend all that money on another one i was woundering if a regular light would do the same thing.

 

[salt reefer]

they right ijust use the coralife because ii got it for 20 dolors off craigs list. lol

 

[hackman72]

DrNecropolis;418285 wrote: A cheap clip on light at walmart and a 5500k screw in bulb.. Total cost is around $10

Where'd you get the bulb at?

 

[hackman72]

I have a 3 bulb, off brand, similar to a coralife with 9 watt bulbs. I only use 2 bulbs at a time and the light comes on the sump when the LED's come on in the DT.

 

[drnecropolis]

Wally world.. Just a screw in power compact bulb.. A lot of them have the Kelvin rating on that package..

 

[cr500_af]

drnecropolis;418285 wrote: a cheap clip on light at walmart and a 5500k screw in bulb.. Total cost is around $10

+1. One tank has this, one has an 18" "normal" household flourescent with a "plant and aquarium" bulb. The 5500K outperforms that one as far as macro growth.

 

[mojo]

 

[jason sartain]

DrNecropolis;418285 wrote: A cheap clip on light at walmart and a 5500k screw in bulb.. Total cost is around $10

1+ I have a 75 gal fuge with 3 of these lights on it and the macro is loving it!!
I also have some mushrooms on some of the rocks in there and it's enough to keep them growing as well!!

 

[90gallon4me]

i took melevs advice... got exactly what he has... seems to be working for now

 

[porpoiseaquatics]

I'm using Melev's setup too. Works like a charm and isn't expensive at all.