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Choosing the best lighting for your aquarium

Aquarium lighting is necessary for everyone, not only with water to bring the monitor to life all its brilliant colors, but growth to mimic daylight and fish, which is required for healthy plant, coral.

Lighting Fish Only

Of course, light package for every reef system would also be acceptable on a single tank of fish, but not necessary. Most fish do not need light on them in the aquarium. The light in the room is a lot of light forfish. But many people prefer an aquarium illuminated for a better view of the fish in the tank and add a lighting effect on. Remember to turn off lights when not only the aquarium. Thus, algae growth and reduces green water in your aquarium.
Single or double fluorescent hoods are among the easiest to install and maintain. Just place the pool and turn it on. The quality of the actual tube is usually used for freshwater guppies and goldfish, instead of fish. The lamps light of these covers are easy to replace when they burn.

Fluorescent tubes at different degrees of color complement to the fish in magnificent shot vivid colors that are interesting results. The basic performance of standard pipe ranges from 15 watts to 40 watts of output power. The tube length is usually corresponds power tube. For those looking for a small system up to 55 gallons, and have no intention of> Fish-bearing, these plastic caps with their standards or NO fluorescent tubes have a good job and have many years of reliable service. NO (normal output) fluorescent lamps have a color temperature of 5500K and come with a lifetime of 20,000 hours specified light. NO-tubes are fairly reasonable in price for those on a budget or for the first time the aquarium hobby are. However, it can not accept or support any animals photosyntheticor intensity of output are hungry for the other lightweight marine inhabitants.

Basically, what we do is simple and straightforward, basic lighting and found to simulate the day-night cycle in nature.

(Do not rely on the aquarium light up the aquarium to heat water, use an aquarium heater and thermometer.)

Reef Aquarium Lighting

Different types of lighting used in reef aquaria:

1) Fluorescent colors
or A - normal output(NO)
or B - High Output (HO)
OC - very high output (VHO)
or D - Compact Power (PC)

2) metal halide (MH)
Or Metal Halide has no other power quality and power spectral differentiation.

Fluorescents are the most practical and cheapest sources of light. Relatively cool burning and last for many months. What must be seen in the selection of these tubes, their power and CRI (color rendering index), also known as "K"(Kelvin).
The rule of thumb for a barrier system for use 3-5 watts per gallon of water effectively, the intensity of photosynthesis to provide for tissue rather than in marine or polyps.

When comparing the performance of NO (normal output) or the standard elements that are the VHO (Very High Output) tubes, the power of the NO / standard pipes are much lower than those of the same length VHO tubes.

VHOS require special 1500mABallasts or electronic ballasts kits, and are not compatible with other reactor. mA current is the degree of ballast.

What are lumens?

Lumen is another area of common confusion. Performance is the "power" of the tube. Lumen, the actual amount of light is "shone", or the amount of light energy that reaches the animals produced by the power of the tube.

tubes of light are rated by K (Kelvin), color temperature or CRI and power. As a general rule, in aquarium with fluorescent contextReference reef habitats should not fall below the 5500K rating. Kelvin is the type of light that is produced. The lower the Kelvin, the more yellow light. Therefore, the higher the Kelvin, our light will Stark white or blue and white. First steps in the range above 20,000 K bulbs seem to turn really dark!

The Kelvin rating is an important aspect when it comes to deep! The natural barrier beginning at the surface and can reach depths up to 150Feet or more!
The K-rating or CRI, gives you the ability to tank, the lighting at your natural habitat of the animal. Without this important progress, hoping we could never duplicate the light conditions in depth is required in Our living room, and provide close to the same conditions as for lumens and returns in kind.

Power has an important role here. The higher the power, will penetrate deeper. With the right K-rating, a hobbyist is conceivableconditions duplicate at 50 feet, for example, in an aquarium, only 18 cm deep. This is a trade-off against the higher wattage of K proper evaluation. Combine the two to achieve, and the lighting of the barrier.

A metal halide

Metal halide (MH) light is the energy source of most beautiful light we have, and it follows that the right intensity of light incredible ideal set up for maintaining the delicate corals SPS offer. You can convert all kinds of problems in the aquarium.

metal halide lamps are radiant heat, andTherefore, a direct impact on your water temperature. The use of fans and refrigeration equipment is needed (this can be expensive).

A 12-inch minimum distance of the MH bulb surface water is the general rule. This allows a certain movement of air between the bulb and water, heat and reduce the impact. The fans are still needed!

Power Source Compact Fluorescent

CFLs are a good choice if you want to be more economical. Providegreater concentration of light energy into a smaller space than standard-length pipes. The quality of VHO gives them the ability to provide the right amount of lumens, which decide the color temperature (CRI, K., etc.) are.

Coral lighting

Most corals are divided into three main categories: Stony (external skeletons) are placed, soft (no skeleton made of calcium) and SPS (Short / Small polyp Stony).

When it comes to how corals grow each category of animal requires its unique lightingRequirements. All share a common characteristic of corals, photosynthesis to survive. Marine animals survive by converting light energy into "food". In fact, this energy-producing byproducts of zooxanthellae algae, corals need to survive consumed. The power spectral different lighting our tank, you can actually influence the final color / shading of our corals.

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