wildroseofky
Aquarium Advice Addict
I was planning on buying a new T5 light for my 29 gallon tank but my funds met with an emergency. I am using a 4ft shop light with 6500k bulbs right now. It is way to big and bulky. I have a couple of 24" plant lights with 17 watt, 7800k single bulbs that I have used to grow seedlings for my garden. If I buy new bulbs, if I can find them, will they give me medium light. The whole light is just $11 a piece at Walmarts. I thought I would take the plastic cover off the bulbs, mount them side by side, and build a reflector for them. They are thin so I could mount three of them together if that would be better. That would give me 51 watts of light. I am running a diy CO2 setup. What degree of light would this give me?
I saw on another forum where people were using those round clamp lights with CFL spiral bulbs to light their tanks. Those are cheap at $8 a fixture plus the cost of spiral bulbs. Would that be a better setup for right now? Have to start saving again to get a T5 light.
I saw on another forum where people were using those round clamp lights with CFL spiral bulbs to light their tanks. Those are cheap at $8 a fixture plus the cost of spiral bulbs. Would that be a better setup for right now? Have to start saving again to get a T5 light.