2 Gallon Tank Best 7in long light for shrimp?

[shrimpshrampshrump]

I have a tank that came with a really crappy light. It died and I'd like to replace it with one with a timer for my plants and neocaridinas.
I'm not sure how sizing works with aquarium lights -- is the length all I need to look out for?
What are your recommendations?

The original light is 7 inches from end to end.

 

[3Fishnight]

The size of the light doesnt matter much. just as long as the plants are getting a good amount of that light and its evenly distrubuted throughout the tank. Fluval plant nano light is pretty good and customizable with an app. Chihiros c2 RGB i heard is good. Not sure how much light you can blast in there without co2. Because algae might get out of hand. For that reason i would get a dimmable light like the fluval plant nano. Heard the onf flat nano is pretty good. Chihiros cII.

 

[shrimpshrampshrump]

The size of the light doesnt matter much. just as long as the plants are getting a good amount of that light and its evenly distrubuted throughout the tank. Fluval plant nano light is pretty good and customizable with an app. Chihiros c2 RGB i heard is good. Not sure how much light you can blast in there without co2. Because algae might get out of hand. For that reason i would get a dimmable light like the fluval plant nano. Heard the onf flat nano is pretty good. Chihiros cII.

Thank you! The tank has some clip thing for the light, so unfortunately I think it will have to be a column shaped light. I definitely will remember those for the future though!

 

[shrimpshrampshrump]

So I got a new light and it turns out it isn't cylindrical. It won't fit into the brackets, which would be fine if there weren't protrusions for the brackets of the old light. Any ideas?

 

[Fishfur]

Images would be helpful to see. Hard to imagine just what it looks like.

 

[Cue]

Honestly unless I have plants that need high light, I use a clip-on desk lamp with a timer. Keeps the algae down and the plants get enough.