Lighting Strip

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13enzene

13enzene

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Ok so right now on my tank (20 gallon) I have a single tube running at 15 watts. What I wanted to know is if there is any lighting strip out there that I can put on my tank that has 2 bulbs instead of the one or am I stuck unless I get a bigger tank?

FYI the current strip is on a cover. The strip measures 22.5" L x 5" W and fits into a slot on the current cover. The tank measures 24" L x 12.5" W.

Thanks for any help
 
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schaadrak

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If you're handy you can always take the lamp and ballast out of the fixture and put in a couple of screw-in CFL bulbs. Or there are numerous 24" fixtures available online. But you will probably need to dose ferts and CO2 for some of those.
 
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ok about the screw in CFLs are those going to give me a good viewing light plus the right spectrum for plants? The reason I ask is cause I have tried to use normal tube bulbs instead of the specific aquarium bulbs and they are all yellow when I put them on my tank.
 
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ok with the CFLs do you think I could get away with an Exo-Terra light fixture?

 
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Find a cheap used tank with a hood with 2 regular / incadescent bulbs. Use 6700k compact flourescent screw in bulbs from walmart. I've got two 26 watt bulbs over a twenty high. The restrike because of poor reflectors make this like equal to 40 watts... Just set this up two months ago, no algea yet and good plant growth.
 
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