[Adamson]

Where is the best place to buy 34" T5ho bulbs?
I recently got an x4 fixture and all the bulbs need to be replaced.

I was looking at aquariumspecialty.com but when you add in shipping and their extra $10 per bulb packaging, that gets expensive.

Where do most of you buy your bulbs?

I am looking at getting probably 2 6500/6700 bulbs and 2 pink bulbs.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sethjohnson30]

I just get them at my Lfs how deep is your tank? If its a 75g or smaller you probably don't need more than 2 bulbs for high light.

 

[Adamson]

I just get them at my Lfs how deep is your tank? If its a 75g or smaller you probably don't need more than 2 bulbs for high light.

Thanks for the quick reply. My tank is 24" deep it is one of those 58 Oceanic tanks.

 

[dprais1]

At a petstore i would pay 18-20 per 48"t5no bulb, say 40 for both. went to kens fish.com and spent about 30 even with shipping included. plus I ordered some root tabs and other goodies at a great savings. kens might not be the cheapest but some online retailer certainly is!

 

[seandelevan]

At a petstore i would pay 18-20 per 48"t5no bulb, say 40 for both. went to kens fish.com and spent about 30 even with shipping included. plus I ordered some root tabs and other goodies at a great savings. kens might not be the cheapest but some online retailer certainly is!

I second this....

 

[kevmo911]

Somebody linked this page a few weeks ago. I haven't ordered anything myself, but it looks like you can get them at less than $10 per bulb.

The site is organized very poorly, so you'll have to click on "flourescents" and go through the long list. A 3' bulb is not incredibly popular, so there aren't a whole lot of choices. But they should be 39 Watts, so you can use CTRL-F for "3 feet", "36 inches", "39 watts", etc.

http://www.payless-4-lighting.com/

 

[dmagerl]

home depot sells 4 ft T5HO bulbs. At least around here they do. I think the ones I've seem are a "warm" color temp.

 

[Sethjohnson30]

home depot sells 4 ft T5HO bulbs. At least around here they do. I think the ones I've seem are a "warm" color temp.

Warm color temps are ussually in the 3000k range, which isn't very good for plants

 

[Minja]

home depot sells 4 ft T5HO bulbs. At least around here they do. I think the ones I've seem are a "warm" color temp.

Yep.. Warm color... They don't have any 6500k t5 at Home Depot. At least where I live. Only t5 6500k was a 48" t5 grow kit light. 80 something bux. They are however carrying t5ho fixtures now in limited sizes, no replacement bulbs yet and no daylight t5s at all. Current as of 12/23/2012 in my local store in CT.

 

[CAM6467]

I get my 30" t5ho bulbs from bigals.com

I'm probably paying too much, but it's a once every year or so investment.

 

[Adamson]

Nice, thanks for the input everyone.

I just decided to buy a bunch from Ken's Fish or whatever it is.
For $60 I got 2 Zoo Med Flora 36", 2 Coralife 6500k (I know, these might suck but we will see), some AC110 and 50 sponges, and some Flourish Excel all shipped.

 

[Hilde]

At LNT, which has no shipment cost, there are some wavepoint T5HO bulbs. They are $15. They are 33in. Perhaps measured at a different point than you have?