Would a 30" incandecent hood with two sockets with 60 watt bulbs in them give me good plants without ferts or CO2? The tank is a 20 gallon long.
30" hood for plants
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Put in screw in pc bulbs and you should be able to grow some plants. I bought 30 watt 5600k bulbs on Ebay for my ten gallon. Color looks pretty good.
60w you are probably referring to incandescent bulbs which are a waste of $.
Now these two sockets are they double sockets?? From my experience the the highest watt bulb you can try and fit into a 30" hood would be a 14w screw in compact fluorescent bulb. I tried 23w but its just 2 big and protrudes on the bottom preventing the fixture from lying flat.
wouldnt do much good. like the others said get the cfl bulbs. 27w or more if you can find them daylight 6500k bulbs.
compact fluorescents
PC- power compact
Though i think both terms can be used for both bulbs..
I think I will use the 4th to the right, on the top of the compact flourecent. (If it fits)
But I will use the curly compact flourecent ones. The PC wouldn't fit in there.
Bigger is better
But I will use the curly compact flourecent ones. The PC wouldn't fit in there.
Bigger is better
bigger is better but the space in a 30" light strip might limit what you can add
The first is probably 9-14w
2nd-4th look to be 23-40w bulbs
You need to measure the diameter of the bulb that will be able to fit.
The first is probably 9-14w
2nd-4th look to be 23-40w bulbs
You need to measure the diameter of the bulb that will be able to fit.