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Lighting
Metal halide
Ushio - single ended screw-in, Mogul base
double ended, HQI
Fluorescent
Coralife
Normal output
Power compacts
High output
Very high output
LED
Kessil
RapidLED
PAR - http://goo.gl/mpe0Yo
Kelvin rating - color temperature not intensity but intensity decreases as Kelvin increases
Measuring Light Intensity with a Meter - http://goo.gl/nNWUg0
Metal Halide Lighting - A brief overview - http://goo.gl/VKFqBK
Comprehensive lighting article - http://goo.gl/ik9upG
aquarium-lighting-guide.com - http://goo.gl/yJT45a
Advanced Aquarist article, “Quantitative Comparison of Lighting Technologies: Metal Halide, T5 Fluorescent and LED," written by Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D. - http://goo.gl/HsO9kN
Advanced Aquarist article, “Imitating Natural Light Quality, Intensity, and Dosage in a Reef Aquarium - Do We Really Want To?” written by Dana Riddle - http://goo.gl/JOIT7V
BAR forum thread, “an open ended discussion in Full Spectrum LED concepts” - http://goo.gl/P3Ex37
Lighting
Metal halide
Ushio - single ended screw-in, Mogul base
double ended, HQI
Fluorescent
Coralife
Normal output
Power compacts
High output
Very high output
LED
Kessil
RapidLED
PAR - http://goo.gl/mpe0Yo
Kelvin rating - color temperature not intensity but intensity decreases as Kelvin increases
Measuring Light Intensity with a Meter - http://goo.gl/nNWUg0
Metal Halide Lighting - A brief overview - http://goo.gl/VKFqBK
Comprehensive lighting article - http://goo.gl/ik9upG
aquarium-lighting-guide.com - http://goo.gl/yJT45a
Advanced Aquarist article, “Quantitative Comparison of Lighting Technologies: Metal Halide, T5 Fluorescent and LED," written by Sanjay Joshi, Ph.D. - http://goo.gl/HsO9kN
Advanced Aquarist article, “Imitating Natural Light Quality, Intensity, and Dosage in a Reef Aquarium - Do We Really Want To?” written by Dana Riddle - http://goo.gl/JOIT7V
BAR forum thread, “an open ended discussion in Full Spectrum LED concepts” - http://goo.gl/P3Ex37