Hubert90
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My 10gallon aquarium it's slightly smaller than 18inches. Will an 18inches unit be suitable for it?
10 gallon aquarium with an 18inch lightning
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Mr. Limpet
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As long as the fixture fits on your tank, why not? Are you planning on putting plants in? If so, the type of lighting (wattage, kelvin) is the bigger issue.
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Hubert90
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Mr. Limpet said:
I think it will just be sitting into of my tank. I'm just scared that the heat from the light will crack the aquarium. And yes I am planning on having plants. What do u recommend?
Mr. Limpet
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Don't worry about heat from the light unless it's a heat lamp and even then the water will soak up heat faster that the fixture could ever create it and no it won't crack your glass.
As for lighting on a 10g, that's pretty easy as most aquarium light fixtures are in the 15-20w range, which is more than enough to keep plants in the low to med-low light requirements growing/flourishing. If you're not sure of what kind of plants you want, go to PlantGeek.net - Your Aquatic Plant Resource and look in the low/med-low lighting section. There's a bunch to choose from.
Happy planting
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Hubert90
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Sweet I brought my a quad t-5 light today at my Lfs. It's called up aqua pro-L light? Thats the best they had! Wonder if they will do the job. I also brought up-aqua aqua soil!! Funny story with that I thou I'll rinse them b4 I added it to my tank. Resulting in a black water but it settle after 1 hour! Now I'm just waiting for new plants to come into my Lfs which will be mid next week! Can't wait!
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