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08/14/2018, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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Geismann Super actinic lights
I purchased a few of these lights hoping to bring out some of the glow in my corals. When I replaced my old bulbs with these, the lights barely came on. I am talking, they might as well have been off. These were two bulbs bought at the same time from the same source, so I am wondering if it's just a lottery odd coincidence or if these bulbs are so blue on the spectrum you can't really see the light as bright.
Any one here have these bulbs? Are they super dim? Or are mine defective. Thanks.
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08/14/2018, 03:40 PM | #2 |
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That is how a true actinic bulb looks to our eyes as we cannot see the spectrum it emits.
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So there will not be any glow from the lights at all? There is a tad on the end of the tubes but that's it.
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08/14/2018, 04:09 PM | #4 |
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When they are brand new, sometimes only the ends light up. Give it a couple of hours and I think you should be good
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08/14/2018, 05:18 PM | #5 |
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An actinic bulb will look dimmer than a full spectrum bulb or a "blue plus" style of bulb, but still it will be quite a bit brighter than a light which is off, and it will be equally bright across its full length. And I have geismann super actinic bulbs, and to my eye they look no different from other actinic bulbs i've used before.
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08/14/2018, 06:02 PM | #6 |
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Thanks. I called the seller who sent me replacements and told them to charge me for the replacements because the super actinic lights do actually work but are basically black lights and don't look like they work when near more white lights.
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08/14/2018, 11:51 PM | #7 |
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My Giesemann pure actinics looked just like my ATI actinics. A few of them needed some burn in time though. How long have yours been running?
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08/15/2018, 07:33 AM | #8 |
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Yes. They’re not broken (most likely). Actinic bulbs really need their burn in time. The first several days you run them they’ll look broken and the more they age the brighter they’ll get. Eventually toward the 12-18 month mark they’ll be almost as bright as a blue+ bulb visually if you look at them running next to each other.
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