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19-10-2007, 10:42 PM | #1 |
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what is the best lighting for red arowana?
hi all
i am new here, can anyone advise me about the lighting to display & tan the red, i currently using nan & PL light below is a pic of my baby...2+ old liao but seems orangie |
20-10-2007, 11:30 PM | #2 |
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i wana try T5 HO 54w 4 feet for my baby
can bros help to suggest which brand is better a) jebo b) dymex c) hypo..hehe dunno the spell |
21-10-2007, 03:13 AM | #3 |
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question: which farm? try to keep fish longer
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21-10-2007, 11:50 AM | #4 |
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Just put a nan lite in the tank on for 12 hours per day and stop switching it around,its not what lites u use to tan the red to make it red,its how comfortable or stable you make yr red feels at his home.Once the red feels undisturbed the color will improve.
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21-10-2007, 11:58 AM | #5 |
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hehehe... simple logic bingo bro. Fish feel good they eat good and show good
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21-10-2007, 06:16 PM | #6 |
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Though I play with various kind of fluorescent, & diy quite extensively with T5 HO, I really do not know what to recommends, as everyone here has their own preference. Some prefer red in natural white light, & I love red in pinkish & daylight combination for photography.
We got more choices nowadays with pinkish T5 HO tubes (from cheap Hopar to expensive arcadia plant Pro, & probably many other brands too) coming into lighting scene. I has yet to retrofit a T5 HO pinkish in Nan enclosure, but I think it will look good on red. Probably my next project? It can be fun to play around & move away from conventional bulky T8. U got more light & use less energy with T5 HO. My latest ER pic has Nan at front top, two Arcadia T5 HO plant pro (sponsored by QH ), & a T5 HO osram 965 as main lightings & two old T8. And depending on DC setting (I still prefer my sony dc than the canon DSLR), I love coloration like this Last edited by ken_yg; 21-10-2007 at 06:24 PM. |
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tung-hu, ok
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[QUOTE=ken_yg;5578968]Though I play with various kind of fluorescent, & diy quite extensively with T5 HO, I really do not know what to recommends, as everyone here has their own preference. Some prefer red in natural white light, & I love red in pinkish & daylight combination for photography. We got more choices nowadays with pinkish T5 HO tubes (from cheap Hopar to expensive arcadia plant Pro, & probably many other brands too) coming into lighting scene. I has yet to retrofit a T5 HO pinkish in Nan enclosure, but I think it will look good on red. Probably my next project? It can be fun to play around & move away from conventional bulky T8. U got more light & use less energy with T5 HO. My latest ER pic has Nan at front top, two Arcadia T5 HO plant pro (sponsored by QH ), & a T5 HO osram 965 as main lightings & two old T8. QUOTE] wah..... DIY maybe i try retrofit t5 too...hehe...so how many light on top of ur tank u have |
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22-10-2007, 01:37 AM | #8 |
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Noticed that in my aros too. They eating less already. Fasting season again probably, trigger by cooler temperature. Not sure I want to play with heater this season for my small red
I got fixed lighting on each tank, & portable one for photography. My standard retrofit is 1 x T5HO daylight, 1 x T8 TFC & 1 x Nan for red. |
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23-10-2007, 01:57 PM | #10 |
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In one tank. Red & gold aro will have different light tubes.
For gold, the preference will be white light, & the main lighting is T8 for about 8 hours of operation. For reds, the main lighting will be a T5 & a T8, about 16 hours of operation daily. The Nan mostly use for photography. |
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