Fuge lighting

[Europhyllia]

I have mangroves, cheato and mystery weed in my fuge and all I use is two Lowe's clamp lights with energy saver daylight bulbs.
Everything is growing well.

[allan]

Ooh, Alienpirate said something that kicked my gray matter up a notch. I know some of you guys use the CFC bulbs from HD... I'm guessing that's a fancy city way of saying regular bulbs with a flourecent curly tube mashed up inside...

Well, I went from a 90 watt incandecent bulb to a 120 watt cfc bulb and had very poor results. I've since turned back to the incandescent bulb and the green stuff is just reaching where it can, phenonomal growth.

Don't want to hijack the post or go off topic... anyone know how much algae is too much? I tend to not want to get rid of it unless someone is in need and as a result I've got quite a bit.

[mikedelgado]

when you say incandescent bulb do you mean a regular house bulb? i dont think i have ever seen a 90 watter. I am using a hd compact flourescent stuffed inside a regular bulb and my chaeto just kinda sits there.