Specifications for Fluorescent Tubes
| Name | Recommended for... | Sizes
Available | Comments |
|---|
| Arcadia |
| Freshwater | Freshwater planted tanks | 9-60" | High light output
Tri-phosphor lamp*
Colour temp: 7,500K |
| Tropical | Fish colours, low-medium light plants | 12-60" | Accentuates fish colours |
| Marine white | Marine/Reef tanks | 18-60" | |
| Marine Blue 420 Actinic | Marine/Reef tanks | 18-60" | |
| Hagen |
| Aquaglo | Fish colours, plants | 12-48" | Standard intensity.
Colour temp: 18,000K |
| Floraglo | Planted tanks | 12-48" | Standard intensity.
Colour temp: 2,800K |
| Lifeglo | Aquariums, vivariums, terrariums | 18-48" | High intensity.
Colour temp: 6,700K |
| Powerglo | Plants, corals | 12-48" | High intensity |
| Sunglo | Fish colours, plants | 12-48" | Full sun spectrum.
Colour temp: 4,200K |
| Interpet |
Community Daylight
(Beauty) | Tropical & Coldwater | 12-48" | Avg lifespan 10,000 hrs |
Tropical Daylight
(Triton/Triplus) | Tropical, Plants | 12-60" | Avg lifespan 7,500 hrs
Tri-phosphor lamp* |
| Blue Moonlight | Moonlight effect, corals | 15-48" | Avg lifespan 10,000 hrs |
| Reef Daylight (Daylight Plus) | Marine Reef & Inverts | 18-48" | |
* Tri-phosphor lamps retain almost full output over their lifespan, this means they only need replacing when they fail,
rather than every 6-12 months as recommended for other tubes to retain high output (however, the characteristics of the spectrum
may change).
| Standard Length vs Wattage for T8 (1"/25mm) Flourescent Tubes |
| 15" | 18" | 24" | 30" | 36" | 42" | 48" | 60" |
| 14W | 15W | 18-20W | 25W | 30W | 38-40W | 36-40W | 58W |
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