Reptile lighting fixture for plants

[Puckhog429]

So as some of you may have seen before I am starting a fishroom. I hope to breed some fish and grow plants to sell. I am on a budget and trying to save money where I can. So I have a 20 gal. long setup and dirted with a few plants in it from my tanks. Im gonna be getting a shipment of plants from aquabid in next week. right now id consider the lighting that I have right now subpar to what id like to have. So i thought I could use some of these fixtures that I have sitting around. They both have a 150watt max on them. I threw in a couple plain 23watt cfl that my parents had in the closet but I feel that i could do a lot better. What are some higher wattage bulbs that would produce more light that i can use in these?
Thanks
Paul

 

[Puckhog429]

Here is a pic.

 

[Puckhog429]

Lol i dont know how to add a pic. Here is a link to the light im talking about.
All Living Things® Reptile Heat Lamp | Bulbs & Lamps | PetSmart

This is pretty much the same thing i have except mines zoo med.

 

[Brookster123]

Those are basically expensive work lamps from home depot.. if you need a lot of light for little money than go to home depot and get the domes and Walmart has 4 packs of 6500k cfls for cheap, you want the k rating between 5000-7000 in order to benefit plant growth...

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[Puckhog429]

Thanks for the reply. I had bought these from lowes but they just werent enough light. I saw someone on youtube that was running bulbs that were more like the recessed lighting in my house.


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[Puckhog429]

I guess i can just go to home depot and find a bulb like this as long as its within the max wattage listed on the dome right?


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[Brookster123]

for med light use 23 watt, for low light use 13 watt. The k ratings is related to the color temp rather than the wattage. I don't know about the flood lights, i can however attest to the productivity of cfl's. They kick but on my tanks..

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