Bulb question...

You will need to change the bulb in that thing. I belive that those things have clips and are haning a few inches above your tank. I dont think that it should be directly on the hood due to heat.
Clips: http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/category.xml?pcid1=1843;category_id=2923
IME a glass top is the best thing for a planted tank. This way you can change eveything very eiasly. And glass is cheep too.
 
I've tried those coralife and the all-glass brand of the screw-in compact fluor. Both are pretty good, but expensive!

I'm now using some bulbs made by phillips, you can get a pack of 2 for about $10 from HD. I'm pretty sure they are 6700k, or near that. I have 2 20W running over a 10 gal, and my riccia ground cover is nice and bubbly.

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hope that helps
 
booyaki.

Thanks for the info. I tried the spiral PC bulbs, but they wouldn't fit. My POS fixture only takes tube bulbs. However, at a local hardware store, I found a 20" PC light strip with a 46watt 6350K bulb. Is that too much light?
 
46 watts would be fine for pretty much all types of plants. For those shady plants, i'm sure some creative aquascaping would solve any problems. Same with any low-light fish that you might have, just plant nice and dense, with all sort of nooks and crannys for them to play in, and everything should be fine.
 
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