Oceanic Biocube 29 PC Light Bulbs

[rigore]

Good morning everyone!

I need a little advice on bulb replacement for a Oceanic Biocube 29. The tank has been running for a little over a year and the bulbs are due a change. My problem is I can't find the Coralife daylight bulb and after calling them they confirmed they have discontinued them. I can still find the actinic online but I have been running a 50/50 mix and want to replicate what I have been doing.

The Coralife daylight is 10K and I have found some generic 6.5K at 25% of what I used to pay for the Coralife daylight PC bulb. The question is will these sustain the corals and give me a similar look?

36 watt T4 4-Pin Base 6500K Daylight CFL

36 watt - T4 - 4-Pin (2G11) Base - 6,500K - Daylight - Single Tube - DuoTube - Rapid Start | Eiko Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb

www.lightbulbs.com

My first thoughts are to move to LED's but the tank may only be going for a couple more months, I have a Seareefer 250 waiting to be set up. I also don't feel like hacking up the top or making a screen for the tank, to be honest I don't want to dump any more cash into it, so if the bulb would work I would have $25.00 or so in two bulbs.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[GoVols]

Can you contact InTank or JBJ, to see if this will work?

JBJ 36 Watt 50/50 Straight Pin Power Compact Lamp - FITS CORALIFE BIOCUBE AND JBJ NANO CUBE

Since 2008 inTank manufactures and provides the highest quality upgrades for your All-In-One aquarium and is the place for expert advice. Fast free shipping and fast customer service response.

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Edit:
Looks like those are out of stock too...

 

[rigore]

Thanks for checking on availability of the 50/50.

I am currently running one daylight and one actinic.

I was hoping that I could get some help on going with a 6.5K daylight PC bulb versus the 10K PC bulb and the differences. Most of the research I have found on a comparison relates to metal halide bulbs.

I suppose kelvin is kelvin regardless but I am not 100% sure.

 

[GoVols]

Thanks for checking on availability of the 50/50.

I am currently running one daylight and one actinic.

I was hoping that I could get some help on going with a 6.5K daylight PC bulb versus the 10K PC bulb and the differences. Most of the research I have found on a comparison relates to metal halide bulbs.

I suppose kelvin is kelvin regardless but I am not 100% sure.

I've seen some reefer's use a GE 6500K in a large mix of t5's back in the day, on acro reefs, but seems like it might spike some algae with that color spectrum.

 

[Katrina71]

Thanks for checking on availability of the 50/50.

I am currently running one daylight and one actinic.

I was hoping that I could get some help on going with a 6.5K daylight PC bulb versus the 10K PC bulb and the differences. Most of the research I have found on a comparison relates to metal halide bulbs.

I suppose kelvin is kelvin regardless but I am not 100% sure.

FYI, you can use all actinic bulbs for most things. I ran all actinic in mine over the last year.