marine lighting in a freshwater Tank
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you971 - Posts: 3
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marine lighting in a freshwater Tank
Have had my 4ft tank setup now for about a month and the temp stays around 32 degress, This a little to high for my liking. I looked under the hood and noticed it had 2 Sylvania aquastar f36w, 10000k marine lights in it. Am i able to use these for a freshwater tank or are these what could be causing the high temp in my tank. (it is not the heater, took it out). Any help would be appreciated.
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natalie265 - Site Admin
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You don't want to use a marine bulb in a freshwater tank. Marine bulbs will stimulate algae growth. I'm not sure if they burn hotter than other types of bulbs or not.
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cwilkin - Posts: 108
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All you have to do is get different light bulbs. It looks like you have a Actinic light bulb, hence the blue tint. Actinic is used in saltwater tanks. When you get different light bulbs get colormax and daylight bulbs.