lighting question

[nino]

over the summer i acquired a ten gallon aquarium with a hood ment for 2 incandescent lightbulbs. it looks exactly like this oneIncandescent Hood.

my plants are not growing as well as they did in my flourescent tanks at home and i cannot allow much natural light in my room or it gets too hot in here from the sun! i am wondering if these flourescent bulbs or possibly the 1st or 3rd options listed on this site would fit into my hood? the look like the lightbulbs i have now with similiar tubular shaping and socket.

i am going to petsmart this weekend to see because it looks like it will work but i just wanted a second (or third or whatever) opinion.

 

[yvez9]

i'm pretty sure they would fit, though 50/50 bulbs won't do much good for your plants either... look for 6,700k or similar

 

[nino]

i'm pretty sure they would fit, though 50/50 bulbs won't do much good for your plants either... look for 6,700k or similar

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could you help me out? what do you mean by 50/50 or 6,700k?? my dad set up the lighting on the other aquariums when i was young and uninterested in fish so now i'm a bit clueless on lighting.

 

[yvez9]

the link you gave us is for a 50/50 bulb
half the bulb is actinic blue, the other half is some sort of blueish white

this kind of light is best suited for marine tanks as corals can use it (the blue spectrum imitated by these lights is similar to the light corals would receive in the sea at the depth they are)

the deeper you go underwater, the bluer the light gets

plants usually grow in shallow waters, where the light is much more "red"

6,700k is the temperature of the bulb. this is what is best suited for most plants

 

[nino]

the link you gave us is for a 50/50 bulb
half the bulb is actinic blue, the other half is some sort of blueish white

this kind of light is best suited for marine tanks as corals can use it (the blue spectrum imitated by these lights is similar to the light corals would receive in the sea at the depth they are)

the deeper you go underwater, the bluer the light gets

plants usually grow in shallow waters, where the light is much more "red"

6,700k is the temperature of the bulb. this is what is best suited for most plants

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oh ok thanks, i edited my original posts with some different bulbs i found. would you mind giving me your opinion?

 

[yvez9]

the 6,500k and 6,700k would be great
get 6,500k since they're half the price