HELP HELP please explain lights to me!!!!!

Gumby131

Gumby131

cod fishing
Feb 4, 2006
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which lights BULBS not tubes,are freindly to fish but also are suitiuble for growing plants under?
your average house hold light?
your average house hold fluresent light?
Incandesent light?
ultraviolet light?
one of those grow lights?
tell me all of the ones you would think siutible.
thankls
 
UV no way
IR no way
Most standard incandescent don’t think so…. Unless you go to HID
You say no tubes, I am assuming you are NOT including Compact FLs into this category?

Because that is exactly what I would go for in a planted tank if I didn’t have the luxury of going for tubes or HID…
I ran a fantastic 45 hex off of 9 CFs for 2 years, worked like a charm… btw that hood (home made) is for sale if anyone wants it, it has a fan, and two power lines, one runs 8 of the bulbs the other only runs the center bulb (which I put a CF backlight in for night time) so get two timers and your set!

PS I suspect there IS some advantage to going for the fancy $80 cf bulbs the LFS sells, but really…. I don’t think its THAT much better than a 8000K bulb from the lighting wholesaler at $15
 
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