bachina
New Member
Hi all,
I'm getting a lot of conflicting reports on whether the Coralife colormax line of bulbs have a good spectrum for growing plants. I'm currently using the mini power compact fluorescent light.
http/www.fish.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=710539...rccode=FSHFRGLE
Even though this is a 10w bulb, I tend to see a lot of my medium light plants not growing as fast as they do in my other tanks. The tank I have this bulb in is a 5 gallon eclipse corner freshwater aquarium. So, this limits the kinds of bulbs I can put in there...it has to be a standard "screw in" socket, and as far as I can find, Coralife is the only one that makes these kinds of bulbs, other than the standard incandescent bulbs.
Is a standard clear incandescent better than the colormax bulb? Can anyone suggest a better bulb for my tank? My plants are mostly low-medium light plants, so nothing super powerful is needed. 10-20w should be fine.
Thanks! I'm at a loss as to where else or what i should be searching for
--Hans
I'm getting a lot of conflicting reports on whether the Coralife colormax line of bulbs have a good spectrum for growing plants. I'm currently using the mini power compact fluorescent light.
http/www.fish.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=710539...rccode=FSHFRGLE
Even though this is a 10w bulb, I tend to see a lot of my medium light plants not growing as fast as they do in my other tanks. The tank I have this bulb in is a 5 gallon eclipse corner freshwater aquarium. So, this limits the kinds of bulbs I can put in there...it has to be a standard "screw in" socket, and as far as I can find, Coralife is the only one that makes these kinds of bulbs, other than the standard incandescent bulbs.
Is a standard clear incandescent better than the colormax bulb? Can anyone suggest a better bulb for my tank? My plants are mostly low-medium light plants, so nothing super powerful is needed. 10-20w should be fine.
Thanks! I'm at a loss as to where else or what i should be searching for
--Hans