Lighting for a 10 gallon terrarium

skeletonhand · #1 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 12:03 PM

I just converted my 10 gallon planted aquarium to a terrarium. My light source is a Current USA satellite 2x40 watt with dual daylight bulbs. 6700k and 10000K. Right now just have some houseplant cuttings in there. Golden Pothos, Coleus, spider-plant, purple passion plant, and one other I can't ID. Do you think just running one bulb will suffice for lighting? Also looking for plant suggestions, looking for smaller plants that are more in-scale with the tank. And what to do for a background? Here's some pics. Thanks

SKEL

ChromeLibrarian · #2 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 12:34 PM

One bulb should be fine in a ten gallon tank.

skeletonhand · #3 (**permalink**) 02-28-2007, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChromeLibrarian

One bulb should be fine in a ten gallon tank.

Good. That means I won't have to run the ballast cooling fan. I forgot to add that I'm adding CO2 to the atmosphere. I have a 5lb tank with a
Milwaukee Co2 MA957 Regulator Set. I'm using a glass/ceramic disk diffuser. It running about 3-4 bubbles per minute. Anybody else here inject CO2?

Thanks again

Tindomul1of9 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-02-2007, 10:50 PM

Yea, I was about to ask about temperature. Sounds like overkill to me. Great job on the tank though.