Red Plant Light fluorescent tube for lighting aquariums, terrariums and vivariums with live plants. This light tube produces full-spectrum light with elevated red and blue wavelengths in order to optimize it for plants. As the light is purple and will somewhat distort the colors of the lighted object, in aquariums and terrariums this tube is best used in combination with white tubes. In plain horticulture situations the use of just red tubes is optimal.
NOTE! Fluorescent tubes are designed to handle certain amount of power. The ballast of a T5 fluorescent light fixture is decisive: TUBE POWER should be SAME or HIGHER than BALLAST POWER. Therefore, 14W T5 light unit can be used with normal 14W (549mm) tubes AND with 24W (549mm) HO (High Output) tubes, but 24W T5 light unit cannot be used with 14W tubes. T5 HO tubes will not give out full lighting potential when used with a ballast rated for the normal T5 tubes, but they will not be harmed by the lower than rated operation power.
Standard T5 (diameter 16mm) Fluorescent Tube length WITHOUT pins:
- 14W / 24W = 549mm
- 21W / 39W = 849mm
- 28W / 54W = 1149mm
