Small Aquarium Light

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imafloormatt

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I need to light an aquarium that is 13" wide, 10" long and 12" high. Could someone recommend a good small light or maybe a DIY light that will be able to light a planted tank with DIY CO2 in it? I want to keep Dwarf Hairgrass and Glossostigma Elatinoides so it will have to be a pretty strong light but preferably one that wont have any risk of starting a fire or melting anything. And as always, the cheaper the better :)
 
Hey floormat... so I have recently purchased a 10 gallon tank that I started as a quarantine tank and will be switching to a breeding tank with tons of plants and moss! I have not purchased yet but I am going to be doing a retrofit in a canopy that I will build and the lighting will be coming from http://www.ahsupply.com/. They have a 24 watt compact florescent that should do the trick for you. If that is not enough wattage they have a 36 watt, which I think I am going to be purchasing; that should do the trick!
Hope this helps!
 
Get yourself a normal light fitting and screw in an energy saver lamp. Daylight colour temp, (~6,000K) and about 18w.

Should give you a usefull amount of light. If thats not enough, get 2.

Might need to bodge up some sort of mounting brackets, but thats easy enough.

Ian
 
Not sure about your part of the world, but here you can just buy a basic light socket, like you would screw to the ceiling. Wire a power cord to it and screw that inside your hood. Or go with a plain sheet of glass for a lid and mount the lamp over the tank, maybe in a pendant from the ceiling, or even in a desk lamp for a small tank.

Ian
 
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