if you want to grow plants, do you have to have sun glo bulbs (i think they are 6700 K) or can you have an aqau glo and a power glo (both around the 20 000 K range)?
to grow plants, is it ok to have power glo or do you have to have sunglo's?
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IM not a big fan of the “branded” bulbs, but that’s just the communist in me 
In a word… no its not ok to run 20,000K bulbs for a light source, they wont hurt the plants, but at the same extent they wont do much of anything for them either; I would suggest something in the 6000-10000 range specifically for the plants…
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In a word… no its not ok to run 20,000K bulbs for a light source, they wont hurt the plants, but at the same extent they wont do much of anything for them either; I would suggest something in the 6000-10000 range specifically for the plants…
-walk
Gumby131 said:
6700k is ideal for plants, there are mixed opinions on anything above 10000k, most people advise against it.
what kind of plants? unless you have a very small tank(or many bulbs), those wont be sufficient for anything other than very low light plants like java fern / anubias / moss.
Go with compact instead, and get it right the first time. coralife sells some very nice aqualights strips for planted. ahsupply.com has the best diy lighting.