I am working on upgrading the lighting for my tank and I am just overwhelmed by the lighting choices. :nilly:
Right now I have Hagen an aqua-glo and a floraglo light on it, which were fine when over a 10g, but not bright enough or long enough for my 20.
I can't find 30 inch fixtures locally, so I guess I will have to stick with either the 18 or 24 inch bulbs. I do have plenty of DIY co2 and ferts in this tank.
I would like to keep the aquaglo or find something similar because it really brings out the colors, but I need something with brighter more powerful light as well.
On my 75 which is 48 inches long I also want to upgrade my lighting,
right now I am using a combo of 6500K and full spectrum cfls and I don't like the light, it is too greenish. It is planted with medium light plants and no CO2 at this time.
I have a 48 inch shoplight that holds 2 t8, but it won't fit in my hood so I was thinking of switching to a 36 inch shoplight with a couple of t5. But I also don't know what kind of bulbs to choose for it.
I have been looking all over for the GE aquarays or the sylvania Gro-lux with no luck so I am stuck with Zoomed or hagen or coralife bulbs as well as common hardware store bulbs.
Right now I have Hagen an aqua-glo and a floraglo light on it, which were fine when over a 10g, but not bright enough or long enough for my 20.
I can't find 30 inch fixtures locally, so I guess I will have to stick with either the 18 or 24 inch bulbs. I do have plenty of DIY co2 and ferts in this tank.
I would like to keep the aquaglo or find something similar because it really brings out the colors, but I need something with brighter more powerful light as well.
On my 75 which is 48 inches long I also want to upgrade my lighting,
right now I am using a combo of 6500K and full spectrum cfls and I don't like the light, it is too greenish. It is planted with medium light plants and no CO2 at this time.
I have a 48 inch shoplight that holds 2 t8, but it won't fit in my hood so I was thinking of switching to a 36 inch shoplight with a couple of t5. But I also don't know what kind of bulbs to choose for it.
I have been looking all over for the GE aquarays or the sylvania Gro-lux with no luck so I am stuck with Zoomed or hagen or coralife bulbs as well as common hardware store bulbs.
