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Smallish terrarium -- 15w Daylight CFL enough?
    #6880033 - 05/06/07 11:11 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

If I have a smallish terrarium, is a 15W 6500K CFL enough?  They say it puts out 750 lumens, equivalent to a 50W incandescent bulb.  FWIW, it will be in one of those rounded parabolic reflectors.  Also, how many feet above the top of the terrarium should such a bulb be hanging?

I could easily get a higher output bulb, so be brutally honest. :cool:  Thanks.


Edit for clarity:  Curious about the wattage, pretty sure temp. is fine.

Edited by lsg1 (05/06/07 11:57 AM)

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Re: Smallish terrarium -- 15w Daylight CFL enough? [Re: lsg1]
    #6880173 - 05/06/07 11:53 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

6500K sounds perfect to me but I recommend getting a second opinion. Do a search for posts by RR. He has gone over this many times.
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Re: Smallish terrarium -- 15w Daylight CFL enough? [Re: Snypa187]
    #6880313 - 05/06/07 12:28 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

That should be enough. Get it as close as you can without overheating the terrarium. Put it on a timer at 12/12, or just plug it in and unplug it every day.
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Re: Smallish terrarium -- 15w Daylight CFL enough? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #6880442 - 05/06/07 12:57 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

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That should be enough. Get it as close as you can without overheating the terrarium. Put it on a timer at 12/12, or just plug it in and unplug it every day.
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If I have it in a closet that gets indirect sunlight and indirect overhead flourescent lighting for parts of the 12 hour dark cycle, will this be a problem? Will those indirect lighting sources be enough to keep the environment too light for primordia formation and pinning?

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Re: Smallish terrarium -- 15w Daylight CFL enough? [Re: lsg1]
    #6880457 - 05/06/07 01:02 PM (16 years, 10 months ago)

No. Just make sure it gets at least some darkness every day.
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