T8 Light temperature

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TMartinez

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I purchased an Aqueon strip light for my 15g tank that I am converting to planted. It came with an 8000k T8 bulb. I bought a "Flora Max" bulb by GLO today at petsmart. I noticed it was 2800K. I must say I may be a little confused. I was under the impression that plant grow lights should be 6500K. Why is this one 2800K? Should I return it?

I bought a few plants today which are "peace lilly's" and another plant that wasn't marked. They are in Caribsea's Floramax substrate. Just in case different plants need different light temps.
 
this is the light spectrum graph the GLO light uses
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so this light has alot of blue and a little red(according the the graph)...

would this be better?
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pretty lowtech system...
 
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