Re: [APD] Lighting Question

[Stuart Halliday <stuart at mytriops_com>]

I believe Jacques Gerber wrote this email section below:
> Hello All:
> 
> I'm about to set up a small tank for myself. Footprint is 8 inches by 18
> inches - going on a bookshelf. I've decided to use an energy saver type
> bulb as its simpler and cheaper to set up, and I'll be emigrating in a
> year or so, so I don't see the point of going too complex. I'm planning
> on using a daylight type, and I can get it in 15, 20, and 36 Watts.

Missing a 3rd dimension...
So I assume 8". :-)

Which is ~19L or 5 US gal. At 2 W per Gal, I make that 5x2=10W

So 15W sounds OK even though CF is not the same shape as a normal tube.

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Stuart Halliday
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