Cheap Lights for a 10 Gal

radiocognition · 12-18-2006, 05:05 PM

Hey guys, my first post, and let me say, this is the best forum I have found yet. Already my tanks are looking much better with the tricks that I learned here. Anyways I have a 10 Gal tank that isnt doing very much - mostly because the lighting sucks. Right now its using a crappy incandesant hood from Wal-Mart. I want to replace the lighting so I can turn the tank into a nursury for my clippings from other tanks and possibly into a shrimp tank as well. I really dont care about aesthetics - I just want to get things to grow as cheap as possible. Any suggestions?

Wasserpest · 12-18-2006, 05:57 PM

Welcome to the Planted Tank!

You can get an easy improvement by using Compact Fluorescent bulbs in your incandescent hood, as shown here:

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/di...reflector.html

In that same post, note the effects of a better reflector.

To get further improvement you could use PC bulbs (power compacts) and even better reflectors, check this out.

radiocognition · 12-19-2006, 04:35 PM

So thats how you got your lights on that tiny hood. I saw your tank on another thread, but I didnt see any way to get similar results from my own hood. Thanks for your help

12-18-2006, 05:05 PM	#1
radiocognition Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 36	Cheap Lights for a 10 Gal Hey guys, my first post, and let me say, this is the best forum I have found yet. Already my tanks are looking much better with the tricks that I learned here. Anyways I have a 10 Gal tank that isnt doing very much - mostly because the lighting sucks. Right now its using a crappy incandesant hood from Wal-Mart. I want to replace the lighting so I can turn the tank into a nursury for my clippings from other tanks and possibly into a shrimp tank as well. I really dont care about aesthetics - I just want to get things to grow as cheap as possible. Any suggestions?

12-18-2006, 05:57 PM	#2
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,669	Welcome to the Planted Tank! You can get an easy improvement by using Compact Fluorescent bulbs in your incandescent hood, as shown here: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/di...reflector.html In that same post, note the effects of a better reflector. To get further improvement you could use PC bulbs (power compacts) and even better reflectors, check this out. __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

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12-19-2006, 04:35 PM	#3
radiocognition Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 36	So thats how you got your lights on that tiny hood. I saw your tank on another thread, but I didnt see any way to get similar results from my own hood. Thanks for your help