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Aquarium Lighting

Metal Halides

preferred brands are Tunze, Aqua One  

Correct lighting choice is a key element to a successful aquarium,

Aquarium Furniture styles, such as the hooded units, can dictate the amount of light supplied to a system. Frequently this is inadequate. Lighting options such as suspended units not only offer a pleasing alternative to the closed in, sealed off, claustrophobia of "standard" aquarium styles, but light in this case is treated as an essential "element" for successful plant or coral growth.

Indeed correct light saturation (in conjunction with carbon dioxide fertilisation in the freshwater aquarium and Calcium addition in the marine aquaria are fundamental building blocks of any aquarium. 

With a suspended light unit, the aquarium is bathed in light and while the inhabitants soak it up the interior design of the home is elegantly upgraded.

Metal Halide has a new state of the art competitor the new technology of LED saving power less heat and long bulb life with flexible dimming options for sunride and sunset. These are also available in suspended designs

Fluorescent Lighting

We also carry a wide selection of fluorescent globes, which can be used to illuminate either fresh or salt water aquariums.  Fluorescent lighting is suitable for fish tanks up to 45 cm high, however, if the aquarium is taller than this we would recommend metal halide or LED lighting.  Likewise if you wanted to keep clams or certain light hungry corals, we would suggest metal halide lighting or LED Illumina

Fluorescent light globes come in standard sizes of 45, 60, 90 and 120 cm long.  They also come in a range of different light spectrums starting off with red and working their way through daylight and eventually ending up with blue.  The different light spectrums are referred to as Kelvin ratings and those resembling daylight have a Kelvin rating of about 6500K.  Globes with lots of red in them have a lower Kelvin rating usually around 4500K and the blue lights that make corals and various ornaments glow have a Kelvin rating between 10 & 20,000K.

The two common styles are T5 thin tubes approx 1 cm diameter and T8 approx 3-4 cm diameter with T5 genarally having higher wattage..

The more popular choice is LED

Aquaray LED

 

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