Originally Posted by
pastry
PeeWee, any updated pics on your reds?
Trose, right now just temporarily using:
1. Strip of LEDs from Lowes (literally have a sticky side so I stuck them under bottom of my lid). They aren't strong enough for great growth... but cheap for temp solution.
2. Added 15" LED aquarium strip from old, small tank in order to get a little extra help for growth in mean time.
T5s were the best for me when I used to use them (a white bulb and a pink). But too hot and not as energy efficient as LEDs. I had a custom LED strip made around 2012-13 and it has now gone out at portions (and OEM is no more). A little red light with white makes my plants fatter. Blue with white made them long & skinny (and made brown based red discus look dark). Check out page 13 of old thread (post#186)... I have a good comparison visual you might like (hell, I even forgot about it)