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13 Can I use those cheap Halogen bulbs from the hardware store?




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This article is from the Aquaria: Plants FAQ, by multiple authors.

13 Can I use those cheap Halogen bulbs from the hardware store?

Do not confuse MH with the tungsten halogen lights sold in hardware
stores as utility floods or living room fixtures; Halogen lights are
basically high-wattage incandescent lights, and generate an enormous
amount of heat and are very inefficient in their light output. Some
also find the spectrum too yellowish.

 

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