Incadescent Hoods

[William]

I recently got another 10gal tank for my 9molly fry..and I didnt' realize till I had the tank filled up and was sitting the hood on that it took incadescent bulbs as opposed to florescent.

I have live plants in the tank, a fiew pieces of Java Fern.. and I was wondering if it would be okay with the Incadescent?

or is there some kind of [acronym:d3c1ae9ceb="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:d3c1ae9ceb] bulb I can place in an incadescent screwin socket?

I really don't want to spend 20bucks on a new hood just for florescence of I don't have fto..

[Allivymar]

Hrmmm. Understand my lighting knowledge is a bit limited BUT:

I think the incandescent will not give enough light for any plants and its gonna heat the tank up too most likely...watch the temps.

As for a screw in flourescent, I dunno. Haven't heard of one but that doesn't mean the don't exist.

[William]

Not just florescent, but a [acronym:38c37b568a="Ultra Violet"]UV[/acronym:38c37b568a] Florescent.

You know, plant bulb?


The rest of the tank is very nice, tho...Cleanest glass I've ever seen.. looks like theres nothing there when I look through it, just looks like the fish are floating midair

[Voodoo Chilli]

The java fern will probably do fine with the incandescent lighting but I'm not sure about the other live plants you've got.

[Electrobes]

use the florecent with incandecent bulb sockets. I did the same as you and used those bulbs that i bought at walmrt.. its a tight squeeze but my plants were beautiful... also replace those holes in the top where the lights are with either a metal cut out or just cut out the ventilaion all together.. just that these flo lights are bright...

[snapcrackler]

Yah, those are those little coily flourescents Look around and you may find some on sale.. I got a batch of them for my office which has can lighting, for about $3 each.

Good call electrobes

[dralarms]

I had one of those hoods that used the 2 incandesent lights, bought 2 of those flourescents and they would last a day or two before they would blow, says right on the package "no direct contact with water" or something to that effect. After replacing the lights twice in 4 days, I got me the flourescent hood that wal mart sells, (actually just bought the deluxe kit, it's cheaper). Got the hood ($29), heater ($20), filter ($25), and tank ($9). That's a total of aprox. $83. The kit was only $50. Figured I'd use some of the stuff.

[William]

a 10gal filter is only like..12 bucks at PetSmart..

a 10gal heater is only like...13 bucks at PetSmart..

use the florecent with incandecent bulb sockets. I did the same as you and used those bulbs that i bought at walmrt.. its a tight squeeze but my plants were beautiful... also replace those holes in the top where the lights are with either a metal cut out or just cut out the ventilaion all together.. just that these flo lights are bright...

I don't understand what you mean..?

[dralarms]

Still cheaper to get the whole kit, then you can have a hospital tank.

[Madame_X]

William, I think this is sort of what you're looking for:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...=6&pCatId=9870

Its a 6500K compact fluorescent bulb that screws into an incandescent socket. I don't know if you have room for one bulb or two, but as long as you stay with only low-light plants, this would be okay.