What globes should i go

[High-wash]

good Day Guys ,

I have 8 T8 ballasts. I want to put 36w globes in. I would like to know what you guys suggest make and colour?

The tank is 2m Long and 0.5 m deep and 0.5m

I was thinking as per Butcher 3 white and 5 red.

I have discus in the tank and will be keeping plants

[neilh]

I'd rather go the T5 route if it were me, tubes are much brighter....

My setup will be getting the following soon, if I ever get the pendant back from repairs:

3 Sylvania Grolux ie pink
2 Daylight ie yellow/6500K
2 Skywhite ie 8000K
1 Actinic ie 20 000k

Also planted Discus tank but 120X45WX60H

[High-wash]

Well i cant go T5 as i already have the ballasts but i would love to.The t8 i know is lil dimmer but i have seem some well planted and lit up tanks with T8

[neilh]

You should be able to get those tubes in T8 form as well....

[High-wash]

Thanks :)

[High-wash]

Hey guys would this work

2 Sylvania Grolux ie pink
2 Daylight ie yellow/6500K
2 Skywhite ie 8000K
2 Actinic ie 20 000k

???????????????

[butcherman]

Well i cant go T5 as i already have the ballasts but i would love to.The t8 i know is lil dimmer but i have seem some well planted and lit up tanks with T8
nothing wrong with T8 especially if you got 8 of them in the tank.
also you can put reflectors behind each light to maximise the amount of light going intothe water.

[High-wash]

Awesome butcher. do you have a recommendations on what colours to use and all that ?

[butcherman]

Hey guys would this work

2 Sylvania Grolux ie pink
2 Daylight ie yellow/6500K
2 Skywhite ie 8000K
2 Actinic ie 20 000k

???????????????
maybe only 1 x 20000k light and add more growlux. i dont think you need to cover the entire spectrul i think most plants only use light up to about the 10000k range anyway. The blue is just for a presonal prefrence i.e. making the tank look nice and showing off the coulours of the fish diffrently.

altough alot has to do with the light requirements of the plants you wanna keep

are 36 w lights are 1200mm long?

[High-wash]

Ok cool and yes they are so should i then go for
3 Sylvania Grolux ie pink
2 Daylight ie yellow/6500K
2 Skywhite ie 8000K
1 Actinic ie 20 000k

[butcherman]

here is a quick stetch on how you can setup your lights to maximize the area covered by the lights.
Personally id go with 4 white and 4 red, but thats up to you.

[High-wash]

Cool thanks allot butcher

[AquaNewbie]

Dont mean to hijack thread:
How many lights for a 90cm tank and what lights should one go for?

[butcherman]

depened what you going to keep in your tank?

[AquaNewbie]

Plants and Fish....

[butcherman]

lol we gathered that aqua. do you know which plants and which fish you wanna keep? cause some plants have diffrent lighting requirements and their needs will determine what lights you have to put in.

[AquaNewbie]

lol.... As i am new to this (and it shows) im not actually sure....
What species Fish and Plant would you suggest?

[butcherman]

well nothing wrong with asking :) why dont you look around and see what plants you like and go from there. same gose for the fish you wanna keep. See what you like and do a little research. Find out things like what Water requirements they have and compatibility with other tank mates. and ask lots of questions here on TASA.

[AquaNewbie]

Thanks!