In response to the compact fluorescent lights, I had a 10 gallon plant only tank set up a few years back that I used 3 clip-on shop light reflectors with the screw in CFL bulbs in them. It didn't look real professional and the tank had no cover but the bulbs did grow plants quite well and were cheap to buy as well as operate. I can't remember what all plants I had in that tank since I bought them off of E-bay as well as the LFS. I do know that there were Java Ferns and whatever the dry plant bulbs were that are sold in some fish stores as well as some marimo moss balls. Everything grew great. I'm not suggesting putting these bulbs inside a hood but just wanted to state that even the cheap lights can grow plants. My other freshwater tank was a 55 gallon with a single 4 foot tube light the same size as a shop light but this bulb was the one that came with the hood and was made for freshwater aquariums. That light also grew plants quite well and within one year, the aquarium was filled with plants starting with just a few that I got off of E-bay (again, I don't remember what these plants were though but were low or medium light plants)
Right now I don't have any aquariums set up (lost all my tanks in a house fire) but would still like to get another one set up sometime. I have a 5 gallon tank that I keep looking at and a 10 gallon that could use re-sealed. I still miss that 55 gallon though and would like to have one at least that size if not bigger someday.
Brian in PA
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, sevenspringss1@... wrote:
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> Hi Dawn,
>
> Yes, these screw-in fluorescent bulbs are a type of compact fluorescents
> (CFL's). They're the latest in energy saving innovations made to replace
> the normal incandescent bulbs in household ceiling fixtures and lamps, etc.
> A CFL bulb producing the equivilent amount of light of a 60 Watt
> incandescent bulb uses only 13 Watts though, so it doesn't produce the amount of heat
> you're probably thinking of. It's advertised to use 75% less energy than
> "ordinary" bulbs. It does still get hot though, but unlike an incandescent
> bulb with which you'd get burned if you tried to touch it while it's
> working, you can actually hold one of these smaller wattage CFL bulbs while it's
> working without risk of being burned.
>
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