Szaki wrote:
My 20 gallon only has 15W ligth right now, what I read shouldbe at least 2W
/ gallon for low light plants.
I think 15W is not enough.

Julius

"Mike Edwardes" wrote in message
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"Szaki" wrote in message

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I bought at Home Depot 2x 18" Philips NATURAL SUNSHINE 15W, 5000K lights

for

my 20 gallon tank. Cost me $6.79 each. It has a yellowish color light

in

the tank, quite natural. Also, they sell for plant growing 18" light

with

special spectrum, may be I should've get that one? It had much less
luminosity.
Are they OK for growing plants? Any one tried it?
Some how, I have to get two or three of these into my light strip, so at
least I get 30 -45W light into my tank.
PetsMart had on one of the 36 gallon corner tank 24" dual light strip,

but

it only comes with that tank, they don't sell it separate. Looks it

would

fit mine.
I'll search the net for it.
Julius

Unless your tank is very deep, you don't need too much light to get
good plant growth - one tube should do it - see:
http://mike-edwardes.members.beeb.net/plant/lotech.html

Mike.
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Mike Edwardes Tropicals
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Szaka,
You know I have a 20. and what I tried and liked was I put in a bulb
called Sun 2.0. Its in the reptile section of petsmart thats where I
found it And my plants are really doing good.

Kay