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Between these two choices of lighting...

lynette4263
18 years ago

Which would be BEST for my terrarium I'm setting up? It's a ten gallon. I'm not using any exotics, just pothos and standard Petco terrarium selections.

FIRST I bought a tank/hood combo and got it home and realized it's an incandescent fixture, holding two bulbs. I promptly put it back in my car, where it still sits, waiting to be returned.

THEN I bought a tank/hood combo that was flourescent. And I bought a Hagen Flora-Glo bulb, which I use in my planted fish aquarium.

But the more I read, the more confused I get! The Flora-Glo bulb is 15 watts and 2800k, and yet touted for plants...

(cut and paste the following links, please)

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12766&Ntt=flora%2Dglo&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1

But how about keeping the incandescent hood and using mini compact flourescents? I could use two (10 watts each) and have spectrum from 6,500 to 10,000k...

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=9870&Ntt=mini%20compact&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2004&Nty=1

What would be the best choice?

I need to take one of these tank/hood sets back...HELP!!

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