Hi I have an acrylic bowl that's 16 gallons with an 8" opening. I'm using 2 general LED spotlights that are 12 watts each. They're not full spectrum or plant lights. All of the plants seem to be dying. I've got medium light plants like Hygro, Cardamine, Water Wristeria (what I could buy locally). I've had plant tanks twice before but only kept low light Java Ferns and Anubias Nana with Flourish Excel. They did great until both times I bought plants at lfs that brought in hair algae but no problems growing them. I'm bored with those plants so I tried medium light plants. I'm sure the lighting is the problem but I can't find anything that is 8" wide or less.
The LED grow lights on Amazon that screw into standard bases are really tall with the light bulb socket and are pink light, which is hard to view. I'd rather have white light. And the LEDs in panels are too big.
There's one other solution that I don't want to do. I could cut the opening larger to maybe 10" or 12" diameter with a jig saw. But I don't want to do that unless I have to. I doubt I could cut the round opening straight.
Could anyone recommend a plant light that would work for medium light plants that could fit the 8" opening?
Thanks!
The LED grow lights on Amazon that screw into standard bases are really tall with the light bulb socket and are pink light, which is hard to view. I'd rather have white light. And the LEDs in panels are too big.
There's one other solution that I don't want to do. I could cut the opening larger to maybe 10" or 12" diameter with a jig saw. But I don't want to do that unless I have to. I doubt I could cut the round opening straight.
Could anyone recommend a plant light that would work for medium light plants that could fit the 8" opening?
Thanks!