lighting for discus

[boydie]

what sort of lighting do discus require and how long should it be on for at the moment i have no light directly over tank just a normal house light 3ft above the tank.
cheers boydie.

[ILLUSN]

fish only discus tank? a single t8 the length or your tank should do. i like sylvania aqastar, but a power glo or lifeglo2 will also give you a nice CRI.

[boydie]

g day illusn.no plants in tank but will probally put some in further down the track.are these globes expensive?and what do you mean by cri.
cheers boydie

[boydie]

g day illusn.no plants in tank but will probally put some in further down the track.are these globes expensive?and what do you mean by cri.
cheers boydie

[ILLUSN]

CRI is color renerding indes, basicly how close the colors you see are to what the colors are supppose to be. any of those tubes should cost you between $18-$30 depending on how long your tank is. if your going to put plants in later get a double tube fixture and maybe run 1 aquastar or powerglow with a lifeglo2. when your plants go in you could replace the lifeglo2 with a growlux.