Otto72
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I'm going to be using a hanging reptile light/s over my future shrimp tank and I have a couple of questions regarding lighting.
This is the light I'm going to use which takes screw bulbs Max 150W load.
The bulb I was thinking of using is a LED Spot Light Bulb E27 Screw PAR20 Warm White
I seen this bulb on ebay for £7.99 Buy it Now which I'm guessing for an LED bulb is a fairly good price.
I emailed the seller and he said its equivalent to a 35W energy saving bulb.
More info on bulb here: http://www.jacksta-energy.co.uk/PAR20-LED-s/85.htm
There's also a daylight version too.
What I want to know is, is this too bright/not bright enough for growing plants? or would it be better to have two lamps and two of these bulbs? I don't plan on using CO2 so would I need ferts and what ferts shrimp safe?
Possible Plant list:
Various Mosses (I know mosses only need low light to grow)
Glossostigma Elatinoides
Rotala Butterfly (green and goes red with more light?)
Red Tiger Lotus
Hydrocotyle
This is the light I'm going to use which takes screw bulbs Max 150W load.
The bulb I was thinking of using is a LED Spot Light Bulb E27 Screw PAR20 Warm White
I seen this bulb on ebay for £7.99 Buy it Now which I'm guessing for an LED bulb is a fairly good price.
I emailed the seller and he said its equivalent to a 35W energy saving bulb.
More info on bulb here: http://www.jacksta-energy.co.uk/PAR20-LED-s/85.htm
There's also a daylight version too.
What I want to know is, is this too bright/not bright enough for growing plants? or would it be better to have two lamps and two of these bulbs? I don't plan on using CO2 so would I need ferts and what ferts shrimp safe?
Possible Plant list:
Various Mosses (I know mosses only need low light to grow)
Glossostigma Elatinoides
Rotala Butterfly (green and goes red with more light?)
Red Tiger Lotus
Hydrocotyle