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Some more info would be quite helpful.

~What kind of light are you talking about?
~What are the plans for this tank? Freash or Salt Water?


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Most likely answer is no. Unless you are talking about compact flourescents and not in the standard 10g hood. If your just trying to replace the screw in bulbs in a standard hood a 60w compact bulb(if they make them that high for that type of outlet) would blow the ballast. A 60w incandescent will melt the hood and cook your fish. That high of wattage does not work in a standard hood no matter what your using. Only way that much light works is if you're actually using a pc strip with bulbs that have pins and not the standard hood with screw in bulbs. Such as: http://www.arcatapet.com/fullsize/10091.jpg

sory for not saying this befor.
its a freshwater tank, and its allredy ben set up for about a year. one of the PlantGro bulbe went out, and i thought that replacing both of them with the kind of 60 watt bulbs that you use in a lamp would be ok.

the hood has metal reflectors inside, and I thought that would keep the hood form melting.


"I am who I am, and who I am is who I want to be."
-Kasey Carter

sorry about the spelling.I was typing to fast and I hit the Post Reply button to soon.

"I am who I am, and who I am is who I want to be."
-Kasey Carter

If you are talking about the standard light globe the answer is certainly a big NONO.
Yes it will give you light but that is about all. If you want a full reason FRANK is bound to see this and he will give it to you.
Always get the correct aquarium lighting for any tank, there are many types I run a plant and a daylight in my Betta tank and the 5ft tank.

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You'll have a melted hood and cooked fish. Done it. That's the main reason incandescents like often put in lamps don't work for tanks. A fluorescent bulb for a lamp will put off the same light using 10watts of electricty as an incandescent does using about 50w of electricity. Those other 40w are wasted on generating heat which can raise a 10g up to 90F in less than a day. Also if you have any plants they won't grow as well. Incandescents put off mostly yellow and green light while plants mostly use the blue and red spectrum. If you want plants you need fluorescent bulbs labelled full spectrum, daylight, or for use in growing plants.

Hi,
Now that everyone has warned you about using incandescent
bulbs over an aquarium, I would suggest that you go to
just about any large store that sells light bulbs and look
for a "screw in" compact fluorscent bulb such as these:

http://www.lightforhealth.com/products/lightbulbssection.html

This style bulb will grow plants perfectly well and show
off your fish equally well. Just be sure to purchase a
bulb that has the words DAYLIGHT or SUNLIGHT in its name.
Anything that says "Warm" or "Soft" or "Reading" is NOT
what you want.

These bulbs are designed to provide large amounts of light
without the heat and energy consumption of a regular
incandescent bulb. You should easily find a pair that will
fit comfortably inside your hood.

Frank


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Yep compact flourescent bulbs are the way to go.
I have 2 spiral 23 watt bulbs in my 10g hood,
which is equal each to 60 watt incandescent bulbs.
This gives me 4.6 wpg, and allows me to grow
any plant with ease, including algae.

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thanks for the info. I now have another gift to add to my Christmas list

"I am who I am, and who I am is who I want to be."
-Kasey Carter