Lighting

[tony_540]

I found my lamp! The bulb is a OSRAM this is what it looks like, it says it's 120V and 35W is this good?

 

[tony_540]

okay I raised the lamp because it started to get really hot, is this good?

 

[tony_540]

this is the picture, I raised the lamp

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Halogen is not cfl. Lol
I doubt it would perform as good but I wouldn't know because i haven't used halogen for a planted tank.

 

[tony_540]

Haha yes I know! But I am asking to see if it's okay instead of having to buy another when this one would work, but I just don't know if it will that's why I am asking haha

 

[tony_540]

what about this bulb? It says it is 13W 120VAC 60Hz and 210mA

 

[tony_540]

It's a FEIT electric ce13t/10

 

[tony_540]

is this one better? The bulb I just talked about

 

[tony_540]

like this?

 

[Sk3lly]

Its very hard to say. Ive certainly never used bulbs your using so your going to have to experiment

 

[tony_540]

Sk3lly it says it is a cfl I looked it up, but I don't know if it's good? Like do I need to have it far away from the tank? Will I be able to grow dwarf hairgrass? And it says it's 13W

 

[Sk3lly]

Sk3lly it says it is a cfl I looked it up, but I don't know if it's good? Like do I need to have it far away from the tank? Will I be able to grow dwarf hairgrass? And it says it's 13W

Like i said ive never used the bulbs your using so have no idea. Most peoples knowledge comes from experience and research.

Have you done a simple google search on cfl use in the aquarium??

 

[tony_540]

Briefly but I will do more right now

 

[tony_540]

I will leave this light on tomorrow and see how it does, I heard that cfl lights are good, so I will try it

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Here's some homework:
Lighting for a 4 gallon cube, fluval cff, DB solar flare, DIY?

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PAR Data-Spiral Power Saver Bulbs, lighting question - Page 2

 

[tony_540]

I'm going to try it out !!

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Cool... where did you get the DHG? Is the species Eleocharis parvula?

 

[tony_540]

I got all of that in petsmart, it's more than what I have see people gotten in the potted version and it was only $8.99 and yes it is eleocharis parvula

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Yeah I thought so, got the same from Petsmart. It's a great deal. Just be aware and don't get discouraged if you start to see it turn yellow and melt a bit. It will even stall in growth before it starts to spread. Reason being is that it is grown emersed. It takes a while for it to acclimate and transition to growing submersed. CO2 would help the transition more, but your CO2 booster should work to a lesser degree in place of CO2. Once it gets used to your tank conditions, also assuming everything else is good in terms of ferts and lighting, you should see it rebound and become nice and green again. So don't forget your well rounded fert regimen. Good luck!

 

[tony_540]

Yea I use the API leaf zone, co2 booster and root tabs(for amazon swords) and a cfl bulb it's like 19W and it's a 3gallon tank