Lighting a 90g

[Jen]

I will be getting a 90gal tank that only has 40 watts of light on it, and since I have a planted tank, I need like 5 times that.

I want to know if i can use the regular screw in house light bulbs instead of the flourescent tubes and still get the same results. You can get them at 50w and 100w, so I could space them out.

thanks

 

[Jen]

How about lights like these? Halogen lights 100w t3

 

[Spilk]

Research that bulb some more and you'll find that it has a color temp of 3300, which negates the positives of more watts in a smaller space.

 

[Lateral Line]

Ordinary GLS incandescent lamps can be used, but you need to use a lot more power to get the same light output from them, and they run very hot which can cause problems. Halogen lamps have the same heat problems.

 

[Jen]

So I'm better to go with the regular flourescent filters, and just get 4 or 5 of them.

thanks.

 

[Yenko]

Unless you want to use Metal Halide pendants, you will have to go with florescent tubes.