Hello everyone,
Thought I'd post this in planted tanks. I have a 15h-gallon (US) with live plants. I've selected mostly plants that like low light, java ferns and such. It has the light fixture it came with, which has a 15W bulb, so great, 1 watt per gallon, which is not so hot. I also get some daylight and some supplementary lighting from the grow lights I'm using on my potted plants. The plants are doing well, so far, but I thought I'd help them out a bit.
I had a spare grow light that was in my office and not being used. It's a 20 watt bulb, so guess what I did, I put it on top of my glass hood and low and behold, it's quite a bit brighter in there! Looks really stupid, I mean really stupid, but it cost me nothing. Seeing that it's an old bulb, though, I'll probably buy a new better bulb, designed for plant growth.
In addition, I can kind of simulate twilight and morning conditions by turning the lights on at different times. I thought it was neato, but it's probably just really lame.
Thought I'd post this in planted tanks. I have a 15h-gallon (US) with live plants. I've selected mostly plants that like low light, java ferns and such. It has the light fixture it came with, which has a 15W bulb, so great, 1 watt per gallon, which is not so hot. I also get some daylight and some supplementary lighting from the grow lights I'm using on my potted plants. The plants are doing well, so far, but I thought I'd help them out a bit.
I had a spare grow light that was in my office and not being used. It's a 20 watt bulb, so guess what I did, I put it on top of my glass hood and low and behold, it's quite a bit brighter in there! Looks really stupid, I mean really stupid, but it cost me nothing. Seeing that it's an old bulb, though, I'll probably buy a new better bulb, designed for plant growth.
In addition, I can kind of simulate twilight and morning conditions by turning the lights on at different times. I thought it was neato, but it's probably just really lame.
