I've got a 10g tank that I'd like to successfully grow plants in. I've had
great success with some plants I bought at Wal-Mart. I planted too many of
the plants that grew too big, so right now they're suffering. Is there
anyway I can retrofit flourescent lighting into the factory lid or buy
another lid with flourescent lighting built in? I know I can grow a planted
tank successfully with a little more planning and the right light. Thanks.
Jared

"nunya" wrote in message
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I've got a 10g tank that I'd like to successfully grow plants in. I've had
great success with some plants I bought at Wal-Mart. I planted too many of
the plants that grew too big, so right now they're suffering. Is there
anyway I can retrofit flourescent lighting into the factory lid or buy
another lid with flourescent lighting built in? I know I can grow a
planted
tank successfully with a little more planning and the right light. Thanks.
Jared

Head on down to your local grocery or hardware store and pick up a compact
fluorescent bulb. At home depot, I saw a 25 watt fluorescent that screwed
into a standard incandescent bulb socket. There may be others. If your
existing tank hood has adequate clearance, this would seem a simple lamp
upgrade really, really cheap. On the other hand, you could go to
http://www.ahsupply.com and buy one of their kits.

Your call.

chet

Head on down to your local grocery or hardware store and pick up a compact
fluorescent bulb. At home depot, I saw a 25 watt fluorescent that screwed
into a standard incandescent bulb socket. There may be others. If your
existing tank hood has adequate clearance, this would seem a simple lamp
upgrade really, really cheap. On the other hand, you could go to
http://www.ahsupply.com and buy one of their kits.

I still haven't seen any information about the spectrum of these compact
flourescent lights. Does anyone have any evidence that they provide the
necessary wavelengths for optimal plant growth?
-Cesium


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"Cesium" wrote in message
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Head on down to your local grocery or hardware store and pick up a
compact
fluorescent bulb. At home depot, I saw a 25 watt fluorescent that
screwed
into a standard incandescent bulb socket. There may be others. If your
existing tank hood has adequate clearance, this would seem a simple lamp
upgrade really, really cheap. On the other hand, you could go to
http://www.ahsupply.com and buy one of their kits.

I still haven't seen any information about the spectrum of these compact
flourescent lights. Does anyone have any evidence that they provide the
necessary wavelengths for optimal plant growth?
-Cesium


you mean as compared to the 8 watt incandescent that generally comes with a
10 gallon tank? It's got to be an improvement.

I've got a 10g coldwater planted tank, with lots of crypt going on a
stadard 10gal light strip w/ 2 13 watt compact fluorescents. Now one
has burned out and the crypt is still fine. I got the 5000k bulbs
from ahsupply.com.


On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 00:17:29 -0600, "nunya" wrote:

I've got a 10g tank that I'd like to successfully grow plants in. I've had
great success with some plants I bought at Wal-Mart. I planted too many of
the plants that grew too big, so right now they're suffering. Is there
anyway I can retrofit flourescent lighting into the factory lid or buy
another lid with flourescent lighting built in? I know I can grow a planted
tank successfully with a little more planning and the right light. Thanks.
Jared

In article , BillyBob wrote:
I've got a 10g coldwater planted tank, with lots of crypt going on a
stadard 10gal light strip w/ 2 13 watt compact fluorescents. Now one
has burned out and the crypt is still fine. I got the 5000k bulbs
from ahsupply.com.


On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 00:17:29 -0600, "nunya" wrote:

I've got a 10g tank that I'd like to successfully grow plants in. I've had
great success with some plants I bought at Wal-Mart. I planted too many of
the plants that grew too big, so right now they're suffering. Is there
anyway I can retrofit flourescent lighting into the factory lid or buy
another lid with flourescent lighting built in? I know I can grow a planted
tank successfully with a little more planning and the right light. Thanks.
Jared



When I upgraded the lighting in my 55gal, the two original flourescent lights
went straight into my 10gal (was incandescent) with a little modification to
the hood. I mention this because anytime you can convince yourself to buy a
bigger tank, it's good.
Anyways, ahsupply.com is a good place to start. Most LFS should carry
flourescent hoods too, but note that usually these are not the greatest. Do
some searching on http://groups.google.com and you can find some other
people's experiences, if you haven't already.

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