Re: [GSAS-Member] where to get "slim" screw-in compact fluorescents?

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Seattle_Aquarist wrote:

> Hi Erik,
>
> I use these bulbs from Wal-Mart:
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10448675
> in my 10 gallon with 2 sockets and they work great.  That is the tank where
> I am growing the Nymphoides sp. 'Taiwan' (see pic below).  They have a
> spectrum of about 6700K and Wallyworld is the only place I have found them.
> I have had mine in operation for about a year and a half and they are still
> going strong.

Follow-up.  I did bike past the Lynwood Wal-Mart, and found these bulbs in 
the aquarium/pet section.  They were $5 each, which seems pricey when 
compared to the ~$1-2 each bulbs in the main section.  But these were 
significantly longer and skinnier, nearly the same size as the 40-watt 
tubular bulbs they replaced.  Much better for spreading the light 
around a small tank that expects incandescents.  Full spectrum, as Roy 
says.

The only bummer was having to actually go to Wal-Mart.  I've never had a 
shopping cart bashed as many times as today, and there was one surly 
checkout cashier... makes Target seem like a designer boutique.


Now maybe I'll retro-fit some old Miro-4 reflectors I used to use with 
13-watt CFs, and see if we can push just a little bit more out of em. 
Wish I could buy that stuff in sheets...


  - Erik

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