Which lights work

Gumby131

Gumby131

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Feb 4, 2006
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which lights BULBS not tubes,are freindly to fish but also are suitiuble for growing plants under?
your average house hold light?
your average house hold fluresent light?
Incandesent light?
ultraviolet light?
one of those grow lights?
halogen light?
LED?
tell me all of the ones you would think siutible.
thanks
 
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i've had good luck with the small screw in Compact florescents, on small tanks. they are like a 15W bulb and i've got one over my 2.5G and the few plants in there grow like crazy, but that's also 6WPG.
 
well the ones i've seen are white / in the fish isle. i would try and find the Kelvin rating at 6700K to <10,000k range. but the ideal was something like 6700k to 8700k ????
 
I am probably missing the point here, because i am guessing by BULBS (not tubes) you just want something that can screw into a normal socket
But im going to mention these anyway because they ARE bulbs; and are probably THE BEST possible thing out there to grow with (however this may only be me trying to justify the cost to myself :) lol ) But as for bulbs for growing I don’t think you can beat Metal Halides… best bang for the buck, the most efficient per lumen/watt and they don’t need to be replaced for a LONG time…

Btw out of curiosity now AFTER I spent $1400 on lights for my 90 gal fresh planted tank would there have been a better option if I am trying to set up an insanely planted tank? I went with two 400watt Ushio 10K bulbs with Icecap Electronic ballasts… And I am running Co2 off a 20lbs bottle on a Milwaukee PH trigger. Then a diatom to scrub the algae; thinking about adding a UV for occasional use as well…
 
Ya I spent $1000 on a canopy with the bulbs, fans, pulse starters etc…
Then another $200x2 for the ballasts… and the stupid things didn’t even come assembles lol! I had to put them together!
 
MH for growing plants? LOL

Did you get a nice Shimmer effect??????

mwhahahahahhaha
 
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