CF bulb for incandescent strip?

[jinmon]

Hey guys. My free (bwahahahaha) 10 gallon kit came with a strip light with no bulbs. Looks like an ordinary screw-in socket, no ballast, so that's an incandescent fixture, right?

I was looking at the Coralife mini compacts and was curious if people recommended them? Also, what are the dimensions? I'm thinking they may not fit in the strip.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=9870&N=2004+113346

Thanks!

 

[kennef]

heya,

if you have an incandescent strip already, i can report that the Daylight screw in CF bulbs from Walmart that say 6500k work for plants. i use them on 3 of my tanks, and have had no major issues with them. the word on the forum is that their output is less than a regular CF bulb, but i will tell you that in my experience they are far from useless.

with that said, if you were looking for a new light, the coralife fixture is nice, from what i have seen. its got nice color to it, and is a good size for a small tank...

 

[patryuji]

I was using around 60W of those screw in CF bulbs on a 29G planted tank and it worked quite well for me. I stuck with mostly low or mid-low light plants and they grew like crazy with just a bit of CO2 injection.