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Old March 23rd, 2008  
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10 gallon fully planted!

I am going to try my hand at a fully planted tank. I just bought a 10 gallon and have been doing some research. I read that 2 watts per gallon is ideal with CO2 injection. This means that I need 20W of lighting. The tank came with two 10W incandescent bulbs. I personally do not like the look of these lights. I want to switch to compact florescent bulbs. Does the wattage value on these bulbs stay the same. The bulbs I saw are 10W but they say that they are equivilent to 70W incandescents.

What bulbs to I need exactly.

Please help.

Last edited by bert2001; March 31st, 2008 at 01:55 PM.
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Old March 24th, 2008  
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Hi!

If you really want a planted tank, don't skimp at the lighting. Get at least 30W - CO2 is really unnecessary in 2WPG (Lowish light), and can be damaging.

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