Fishfur
Aquarium Advice Addict
If you can get a cheap T8, sure. You can also use the spiral flourescents, they come in a Daylight type, 6500 K, which can work pretty well.
I actually used utility clamp lamps with 8" round reflectors to light a 29G for quite a long time and still use them to light some of my tanks. To get the most out of them, I sometimes put a twin adaptor in them, which lets me use two bulbs in one reflector and really pumps up the available light. The spiral bulbs come in varying wattages.. 9 or 11, 13 and 23 or 26, roughly equivalent to the old 25, 40, 60 and 100 W incandescents they're meant to replace. The nice thing is, when I replace spirals to make the plants happy, I can still use them for their remaining life span in other lamps, so they aren't wasted.
If you've got a garage or basement with a flourescent tube fixture that uses the right size tube,, you can use old tank bulbs in them too. Depends on the type of bulb of course.
I actually used utility clamp lamps with 8" round reflectors to light a 29G for quite a long time and still use them to light some of my tanks. To get the most out of them, I sometimes put a twin adaptor in them, which lets me use two bulbs in one reflector and really pumps up the available light. The spiral bulbs come in varying wattages.. 9 or 11, 13 and 23 or 26, roughly equivalent to the old 25, 40, 60 and 100 W incandescents they're meant to replace. The nice thing is, when I replace spirals to make the plants happy, I can still use them for their remaining life span in other lamps, so they aren't wasted.
If you've got a garage or basement with a flourescent tube fixture that uses the right size tube,, you can use old tank bulbs in them too. Depends on the type of bulb of course.