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I have screw in 10w CF bulbs in my 10g hood at the moment. In a few months I plan to upgrade the lighting to ~4wpg and heavily plant it.

I bought what I thought to be 2 CF bulbs from Walmart. They are 20w. I guess they are CF bulbs, but not sure on the K rating. It says soft white on the package (i thought that was the good kind). Well, I put one in the hood to see how bright it was and it wasn't bright at all. Looks reddish like an incandescent bulb.

What type of bulb should I be looking for? Any one know if Home Depot or Lowe's has the good CF screw in bulbs? Any particular brands I should be looking for?

I thought I got the right ones...but it seems I didn't.

Help!

BTW here is a picture of the bulb:



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*Kristin*

Those soft white lights i think have a K rating of somewhere low, like 3,000k. You could just search around for a 65-67k light, or visit the local LFS for All-Glass mini compact lights. They're 10w lights that seem like 50 watters. Probably a bit more expensive than a generic bulb, but you know you'll be getting a 6,500k bulb.

Bring back the soft whites or use them in your kitchen

Thanks! I'll keep searching. I have 10w mini CF lights that I got from Walmart. I would like to find some 20w bulbs though.

*Kristin*