The Planted Tank Forum - View Single Post - Comparison of Lighting Types (Lumens and Watts)

**BlueRam** · 09-13-2005, 05:14 AM

The above post is designed to directly compare lamp types in terms of Lumen and Watts. Response to: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=20939

This article does not address issues such as how much light you need for a given tank or what spectrum means. I recommend you visit:
http://www.plantedtank.net/articles.html

Finally, this is a draft. Please post typos and I will attempt to fix. For example the table appears at the bottom and not under "summary table" where it should. Please do not post "corrected" bulb values of less than ~10% difference.

Enjoy!

09-13-2005, 05:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
BlueRam Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,660	The above post is designed to directly compare lamp types in terms of Lumen and Watts. Response to: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=20939 This article does not address issues such as how much light you need for a given tank or what spectrum means. I recommend you visit: http://www.plantedtank.net/articles.html Finally, this is a draft. Please post typos and I will attempt to fix. For example the table appears at the bottom and not under "summary table" where it should. Please do not post "corrected" bulb values of less than ~10% difference. Enjoy! __________________ Greater Seattle Aquarium Society Member (GSAS.org) Plant Auction February 12th, General Auction April 12th Community 60 gal T8 +CO2 +sump. Clown Barbs 75 gal T8 +sump Goodeidae project 20Long PC