Old question, what lights for a 10g

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Hey everyone,
1st off, I want to apologize for so many questions that probably have answers somewhere in the threads, but for whatever reason the searches that I perform never return me specific enough threads.

Anyway, I was wondering what you guys would recommend for lighting on a 10g planted. I would like to go with some sort of retro kit, since I want to custom fab a hood. Currently the tank has the cheap lights and I have some lights bulbs especially for plant growth (2x25). Also, I would prefer if it was able to scale up if needed.

Thanks alot...
-Dale
 
Oh yeah, what type of lighting cycle is recommended? On my reef I run about 7 hours total with 5 hours of full intensity, but I have no idea for planted tanks.
 
Easiest thing to do. All you need is 2 spiral daylight compact flourescent bulbs, 2 incandescent sockets, lamp cord with a switch. Wire it all together. Put it in hood of choice. Done. I saw a 2 pack of 27 watt spirals at walmart and home depot for under $10. There are less watt ones, but you get the idea. 5.4 wpg for about $20 or less.
 
Nolapete said:
Easiest thing to do. All you need is 2 spiral daylight compact flourescent bulbs, 2 incandescent sockets, lamp cord with a switch. Wire it all together. Put it in hood of choice. Done. I saw a 2 pack of 27 watt spirals at walmart and home depot for under $10. There are less watt ones, but you get the idea. 5.4 wpg for about $20 or less.
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it wont be true 5.4 wpg but still should work.
 
So let's use a known example. Let's take a 55 gallon tank with 220 watts of light. I think that everyone will pretty much agree that you can grow anything you want in this tank. This tank has right about 30 lux per square inch of surface area. If we take that number and apply it to a 10 gallon tank we end up with a recommended high light value of 6000 lux or 71 watts!!!!! Note all these lux values for light are taken from the 6700k bulb sold by AH Supply.
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http://www.rexgrigg.com/mlt.html
 
Thanks guys, this is definitely an option, I could also use those waterproof sockets to combat any evap.

Anything else that would work good, maybe with a slimmer profile?
 
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