is table lamp suitable?

[dts_spawn]

is the table lamp suitable for a 1ft planted tank(less than 10 litres)? the lamp is 36 watts and i think it is a pl tube. the light is white in colur. please advice.

[blurrblurr]

yes tried before already

[tawauboy]

using 36w for a 10litre tank is a lot of light.
possible outbreak of algae of things are not in proper control.

[dts_spawn]

erm.. but so far so good..no algae outbreak except for some spot algae on the glass..

[Aeon]

Small tanks require more light than big tanks, somehow, the wpg rule does not apply...
You can read up here: http://www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.html
For may 8l tank, I'm using 18W... yeh 36W is too high.

[budak]

i have been using a 7W PL tube for my non-CO2 1 ft shrimp tank for about 1.5 years. Those PL tubes in hardware stores should be fine if they are the "daylight" variety (K should be 5500 or higher). There are actually quite a lot of nice clip-on PL light fixtures (like those in Nature and Plantas) which fit nicely on 1 ft or smaller tanks available... go have a look first before deciding.

[dts_spawn]

i went to the website and the calculator states that i should have 35watt for my tank size. is there something wrong?

[byronshoh]

I've got a one feet tank too, my 9W light has been sufficient so far....

[tawauboy]

[quote:25e142fd3c="dts_spawn"]i went to the website and the calculator states that i should have 35watt for my tank size. is there something wrong?[/quote:25e142fd3c]

does the calculator uses gallons or litres?
10litres is about 2.6 gallons, so you have 13w/gallon.

[dts_spawn]

they have both and i used litres. they said i should have 35watts.. and except for algae, what other problems will i have if the light is too strong?

[tawauboy]

algae will be the main issue.
wasted electricity will be something you have to consider.