light hood

Hi everyone, I just bought a used 55 gallon tank and want to start a planted tank. This is my first aquarium. My tank came with a hood with 1 light bulb on each side. This might be an odd question, but the top of the tank has two specific areas to put lights with a groove in the top. I have...

I have a 45g tank, 36" L, and I've been looking around trying to find lights to fit over it. Problem is, most lights are either 24", 48", or even larger. Anyone know of a good place to pick up fluorescent strips in my size? What I ultimately want to do is get T8's, either two 2 lamps and combine...

So I've got a 45g standard tank(about 36x24x12) and only the standard hood with a 20w(maybe HO) bulb in it. I threw 4 Amazon Swords in pots, filled with org. potting soil and topped with play sand, into the tank a couple weeks ago, and they are actually growing and looking alright. No CO2, but...