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I think the recommendation for 20 gallon tank is a 4 tube fixture or the use of CFL's.
For my 20gal long tank i use a economy reptile hood which has 3 fixture for screw in bulbs.
I use compact flourescents in these 3 slots, totaling about 80 watts. I then surround the ENTIRE tank with mylar so that the light reflects all around the plants!
Hope that helps.
ok, thanks alot. i was thinking about using 2 40watt coolwhite, and 2 40watt daylight flourescent tubes. do you have a fan in the tank.?
where may i ask did you get mylar?
no, i don't have a fan, but do leave a crack for air. The tank does get quite warm from the heat of the lamps, about 90 degrees. But this is ok as i grow the D. petiolaris group. the mylar came from atwaterhydro.net at $22 a roll. Best price i could find online.
The plants were noticeably happier once i put the mylar up!
Hope this helps!
Mylar is a trade name for a reflective poly film. It has very good reflective properties, better than aluminum foil.
2mil thickness is best as 1ml is pretty flimsy and is hard to work with.
Peter.
I recommend that you should use FluoreX Fluorescent Flood Light from Lights of America. Grow all my D. Falconeri with these lights. These are very cheap and great grow light's. http://www.yinyanghome.com/Products/LOA/9266c.html
Red G, the flood lamp looks interesting. Do you place these over aquarium tanks? Nice that they are daylight 6500K.
Do you have a pic of your setup?
Peter
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