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Hello!!!!!!!, hey im puting next to my comon bulbs this combination is it good, i wanna put 4 9 wats 6,500°K cold bulbs, i hope this put some blue and make my plants grow fast, but im scaed, lastime i buy a 6,500 13wats bulb in home depot called eco light or someting, and my plants dont do well, but i tink it was fault of the pot change, etc, so is good put the 4 6,500 9 wats and 2 2,700 13 wats?, tell what to do, meanwile im searching my 30 wats tube ballast =).
 
Bump!, cme on!, some1 get what i say!, i mean.....Is 4x9wats 6,500°K and 2x13wats 2,700°K good for cps?, plus i have 2X20wats (or 25 letme chek), yellow light i forgot the type of bulb i post it around here. Help is apreciated.
 
If you'd really like some blue try marine aquarium actinics in the mix.
 
I would say that your wattage is too low. Lowest I use is 20watt bulbs. You need good wattage to be successful.

Cheers,
Ravn
 
Hylla!, actic light isint good for plats...or it is?, i mean is hight radioactive light, it is used to keep colored corals and anemones, or im wrong?, 102wats is low!!!!, i mean i can mix the wattage of the bulbs right?, i cant found 30w balast.....i keep searching, but tell me cold 6,500°K flourecent light will damage a plat?
 
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Quote[/b] (ImWindPlant @ Mar. 03 2006,10:53)]Hylla!, actic light isint good for plats...or it is?, i mean is hight radioactive light, it is used to keep colored corals and anemones, or im wrong?, 102wats is low!!!!, i mean i can mix the wattage of the bulbs right?, i cant found 30w balast.....i keep searching, but tell me cold 6,500°K flourecent light will damage a plat?
Generally speaking, actinic blue light doesn't help a plant very much. If you can find 4 25 watt 6500K bulbs, they will be enough for 1 ten gallon terrarium.
dewy
 
if mines is 30gal so i need 12 25wats??, it is a lot of light. but so.. cold withe 6,500°K compact flouerents bulbs are good?
 
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Quote[/b] (ImWindPlant @ Mar. 05 2006,1:17)]if mines is 30gal so i need 12 25wats??, it is a lot of light. but so.. cold withe 6,500°K compact flouerents bulbs are good?
6,500°K is good for cp. I would get atleast 200 watts total in your 30gal. tank.
 
God mi parenths are going to kill me if they se the light bill or i mean the kill bill XD, i go shooping!!!!!!, i get 2 9wats pl lights, 2,700°K / 500lumens, 2 13 wats pl lights, 2,700°K / dont say how much lumens, they are from GE (General electric), and a KEWL 26wats 2,700°K 1,750 lumens, what u all tink abouth them?,
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Quote[/b] (ImWindPlant @ Mar. 05 2006,8:19)]God mi parenths are going to kill me if they se the light bill or i mean the kill bill XD, i go shooping!!!!!!, i get 2 9wats pl lights, 2,700°K / 500lumens, 2 13 wats pl lights, 2,700°K / dont say how much lumens, they are from GE (General electric), and a KEWL 26wats 2,700°K 1,750 lumens, what u all tink abouth them?,
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I would try to get at least 7,000 lumens for your plants if you are growing them in a 30gal. terrarium. You could get 2 of these 85 watt CFL's for your terrarium as they will use about 170 watts total.

http://www.buylighting.com/cart....5088A09
 
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it look cool, but, were to get it =¨(, but well i know what im searching now, i will search it on a eletric house. Thanks, i will use the lights i get now meanwhile more light more happy plants right?.
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Quote[/b] (ImWindPlant @ Mar. 07 2006,10:00)]it look cool, but, were to get it =¨(, but well i know what im searching now, i will search it on a eletric house. Thanks, i will use the lights i get now meanwhile more light more happy plants right?.
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Yep, the more light you give your plants the happier they are.
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Thanks for all you help, and my plants say thanks to!, the ping have a new leave! =) , all thanks to you all!,
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, and muc thanks for the patience us have to me
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