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hoppycalif · 06-16-2008, 07:43 PM

I have 40 watts of screw-in CFL bulbs on a 10 gallon tank too, and some testing with a PAR meter convinced me that my plants' constant complaints about not having enough light was true. A ten gallon tank is just too small to judge the amount of light by watts per gallon, and the screw-in bulbs are just too inefficient to give the amount of light it looks like they should give.

06-16-2008, 07:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
hoppycalif Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA Posts: 5,208 iTrader Ratings: 20 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 227345	Re: My plants look kind of leggy and wimpy. What is wrong? I have 40 watts of screw-in CFL bulbs on a 10 gallon tank too, and some testing with a PAR meter convinced me that my plants' constant complaints about not having enough light was true. A ten gallon tank is just too small to judge the amount of light by watts per gallon, and the screw-in bulbs are just too inefficient to give the amount of light it looks like they should give.