🌊 Zoo Med Coral Sun Actinic 420 Coral Bulb T8 17W, 24-Inch Review

The lamp arrived on the promised date. Well packed. New, good quality. It's a shade of blue that I didn't understand. My corals seem to be responding well to this.

I have a 120 gallon freshwater tank with a few large Shubunkins and a mix of artificial and live plants. The aquarium was lit with a pair of 24-inch 8000k fluorescent tubes in separate 30-inch domes mounted back-to-back along the entire length of the 5-foot aquarium. I bought a couple of ZooMed Coral Sun Actinic bulbs primarily for supplemental plant lighting. I installed them in an extra pair of 30 inch hubcaps. The addition of blue light from ZooMed lamps to existing 8000K fluorescent lamps…

I've been responsible for aquariums, big and small, for over 50 years, but times change. Soooo, as times change, it's really up to salespeople to do a better job of educating their potential customers about WHAT they're selling or selling. You will not have happy, REPEAT customers. Even the monopolies eventually succumb to this rebellion. Actinic means blue as hell, but not everyone is as completely blue as this one. When used over a tropical aquarium the description should be clearer, these…

The lamp arrived on the day promised. Well packed. New, good quality. It's a shade of blue that I didn't understand. My corals seem to be responding well to this.

I have a 120 gallon freshwater aquarium with some large Shubunkins and a mix of artificial and live plants. The aquarium was lit with a pair of 24-inch 8000k fluorescent tubes in separate 30-inch domes mounted back-to-back along the entire length of the 5-foot aquarium. I bought a couple of ZooMed Coral Sun Actinic bulbs primarily for supplemental plant lighting. I installed them in an extra pair of 30 inch hubcaps. Adding blue light from ZooMed lamps to existing 8000K fluorescent lamps has…

Have been running aquariums large and small for over 50 years - but times change. Soooo, as times change, it's really cool for retailers to better educate their prospects about WHAT they're selling, otherwise they won't have happy, REPEAT customers. Even the monopolies eventually succumb to this rebellion. Actinic means blue as hell, but not everyone is as completely blue as this one. When used over a tropical aquarium the description should be clearer, these are strange effects unless used…