Aquarium Lighting, Aquarium Lighting Q&A's
When it comes to lighting options, T5 fluorescents and T5 LED lights are two popular choices. T5 fluorescent lights have been a reliable lighting source for many years, while T5 LED lights are a more recent innovation. Both types of lights have their advantages, but T5 fluorescents have some unique benefits that make them a…
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Not a Bright Idea Here at iQuatics, the term “bright” is pretty much classed as a swear word; in fact, it’s so offensive to aquarium maintenance specialists like us that we’d consider typing “b****t” all the time, but that’s quite a lot of effort. As we’ll go on to explain, the “b-word” isn’t just inaccurate,…
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It’s Not That Easy Being Green As you’ll know by now if you follow our blogs on all things aquarium maintenance, visible light (commonly referred to as white light) is divided into seven colours, and – depending on which bulbs and aquarium lighting fixtures you choose – you can largely control the colour and type…
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Plants or Animals…? It’s long been debated whether sea anemones are plants or animals, with the results of recent studies actually indicating that they’re somewhere in the middle. Regardless, they look great in a vibrant aquarium, so we’re not too bothered about the specifics. Like the majority of things you’ll pick up for your aquarium,…
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Being one of the only manufacturers that has a direct phone number through to our HQ we speak to a lot of customers on a regular basis who are experiencing the same issues with their Juwel® Hi-Lite® T5 OR MultiLux® light bars.
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Your existing Juwel high light unit has died, or you just fancy upgrading your two tube Hi-lite for a shiny new four tube universal, which ones right for you ? Fortunately we’ve done the hard work for you and devised this little table that shows which Universal you need for your Juwel aquarium.
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Your existing Aquatlantis T5 unit has died, or you just fancy upgrading your two tube unit for a shiny new four tube universal, which ones right for you ? Fortunately we’ve done the hard work for you and devised this little table that shows which Universal you need for your Aquatlantis aquarium.
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A Bright Idea When it comes to aquarium lighting, we find that a lot of fish-keepers are somewhat stubborn, and a little bit stuck in their ways. Don’t take this the wrong way; we understand that a lot of aquarists have devoted countless amounts of hours and copious payslips to their hobby, and when they’ve…
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Hagen Glo T5 Controller vs iQuatics T5 Controller – Head to Head We thought it would be a good idea to put the Hagen Glo T5 controller up against the iQuatics T5 controller to see which comes out on top for performance, value, and overall usability.
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Arcadia T5 Controller vs iQuatics T5 Controller – Head to Head We thought it would be a good idea to put the Arcadia T5 controller up against the iQuatics T5 controller to see which comes out on top for performance, value, and overall usability.
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Aquarium Lighting Q&A's
Common issues T5 tubes & Halides and simple fixes There are a few common issues T5 tubes & halides can throw up that are easily fixed. My T5 tube isn’t lighting up correctly or I can hear a rattle inside the tube is there a fault? This is a question we get asked quite frequently…
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We get asked a lot which tube combinations are best and what our T5’s individual characteristics are. There are many, many answers to these questions depending on the type of set up you keep, what goals you are looking to achieve with your aquarium, be it maximum growth or perfect colouration or somewhere in between.
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This is a question which occurs often and the answer varies only slightly according to what is resident in your tank. Most photosynthetic creatures such as corals and plants have a photoperiod ( the optimum time in which they should be exposed to light) of around 7 to 8 hours and lighting for much longer…
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4 T5 Combinations The combinations we are providing below are a guidline only as every fish keeper has different opinions on the colours they prefer. The most popular combinations we find are used in the aquarium hobby are marked with a *.Colours can vary slghtly depending on the position of the tubes. You can position…
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Although you should never compare side by side two different light sources, it is possible to look at the pros and cons of both halide and T5.
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Colour temperature has been described most simply as a method of describing colour characteristics of light, usually either a warm (yellowish) or cool (bluish), and measuring it in degrees of Kelvin (K).
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