can you guys help me with a bulb question??

[mike90]

i have the satelite compact 4x65w light. i bought it used and need to change out the bulbs but my question is: which bulbs are brighter? the 6700K daylight bulbs or the 10000K bulb??

 

[herpencounter]

They have 2 of each of these bulbs.

Dual Daylight 6,700k/10,000k
Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm
2 of the duel bulbs is 65 watts

1 Daylight bulb has 6,700k/10,000k.
1 Actinic has 420nm/460nm.

This is what they sell them in you need to buy 2 "Dual Daylight 6,700k/10,000k" and 2 "Dual Actinic 420nm/460nm".
I am saying this because they don’t sell just 10000k bulbs or just 6700k bulbs.

 

[trido]

10000k

 

[mike90]

I am saying this because they don’t sell just 10000k bulbs or just 6700k bulbs.

Actually I think they do if you look here at the link. I was referring to the 10,000K daylight or the dual 6700/10000K bulb

 

[trido]

I would use the solid 10k because the 10/6700 will be more yellow.

 

[herpencounter]

Well if they sell solid ones get the 10.
I would go with the 10000k/6700k they recreate different depths of water (I would think this would be better for different corals and fish just guessing).

 

[Anonymous]

the 6700 will look fairly yellow, and hence 'dimmer' than the 10k

the 6700 is for all purposes, irrelevant for a sw tank

 

[scuba namena]

10,000K

 

[mike90]

thanks guys!