Lighting help

Yeah, that looks like one of the various "ferns" from Petsmart or Petco in the little tube with the gel, many of which are not aquatic. These places are notorious for selling stuff like that (peacock fern is the only name that comes to mind right now).

A cheap and easy upgrade would be to modify your tank to hold incandescent bulbs, and use compact fluorescent lights:
http://www.instructables.com/id/CFL-Bulb-The-Cheap-Upgrade-to-the-Aquarium-Hood-L/

Incandescent hoods used to be "old school" - they used those glass clear bulbs, which were awful. Very yellow, gave off lots of heat. Fluorescent bulbs didn't get as hot and looked better...but one tube over a 29 gallon tank isn't going to grow much at all. Especially a tall tank like a 29 gallon.

Now with those twisty compact fluorescent bulbs, you can get a lot of light in a small amount of space. Two 13 watt bulbs, for example, should be enough light to grow some decent plants in a 29 gallon tank.

The difference between one 18 watt fluorescent bulb and two 10 gallon compact fluorescent bulbs is stunning, even though technically it is only 2 more watts of light. That's because of the kind of lighting it is...CFLs pack a lot of bang for the buck.
 
curse them lol imma plant them in the garden now..... im still amazed how they stayed alive for 2 months lol... and we don't have petsmarts and petco shops here in my place well non that i know of....
 
I think I'm just gonna go with the spiral fluorescent found some here at home and the box kinda got my attention cause it said 12 watts equivalent to 60 watts..... although its 2000 K so ill just have to go Hardware shopping :) thanks for the idea
 
Proudlypinoy said:
curse them lol imma plant them in the garden now..... im still amazed how they stayed alive for 2 months lol... and we don't have petsmarts and petco shops here in my place well non that i know of....
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Oh yes.. I was a "Tropical Fern" buyer at one point. Looked great in the tank 'till I found out it wasn't an aquatic plant. I pulled it, planted it in a pot and it shriveled up and turned crispy within a few hours of being removed from the water.:jaw-dropping:
 
Sorry to bring back this dead thread but i need some clarification with the lighting on the 10 gallon
as said above it has a 25000k pink light on it and i found a 10w (it didn't indicate any Kelvin on it but) daylight bulb my question is which of the two would be efficient on the plant. Practically the lights are for supplementary cause I mostly rely on sunlight (not direct sunlight).
 
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