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Re: Very small tank and CF lighting
I have had good luck with a similar size tank (2.5g) with a similar amount
of light (an 8 watt T5 tube). I am only using T5 lamps on those tanks,
although most of the CF lights are T5 size tubes too and I would assume
produce similar light output per unit of tube length. I am using 5000K lamps.
I am growing only non-demanding plants in the tanks though -- hornwort and
java fern mostly. The hornwort is *very* happy, but it's not too hard to
keep hornwort happy :-)
BTW, when figuring watts/gallon use the actual wattage of the lamp (9w) and
NOT the "equivalent" wattage.
-Bill
>I just made a light for my girlfriends 11 liter tank. Its a compact
>flourescent which is rated at 9W and says it puts out 40W of equivalent
>light. It is the style of CF which just fits into a bayonet globe fitting
>and does not need a ballast etc. Its rated at 5000k too. I was wandering
>is this bulb goign to be able to grow plants and is it enough light ?
>
>Thanks
>Jon Hammond
>Perth, Western Australia