anyone know where i can get a plant bulb this size?

[Krobus]

I got this 5 gallon or so tank a while ago and have been using it as a quarantine tank for a while but i checked the bulb and it looked like this😅 I have anubias clippings in there and i want the light to be good for plants, i want to give it a good clean too but dont know how, any tips? it has this white residue on it, and its already been given a good cleaning by me, should i go back and clean again? this tank is super old according to the friend i got it from

also should i just scrap the lid and make a new one? i could just use a spare light then, it works to keep my cat out for now aha but its broken and very old😅

[Guppysnail]

White vinegar sprayed on and let sit for a few minutes then wipe off and rinse.  Most of the crusty wil come off for you.  Hope that helps. 

[Widgets]

That looks like a T10 bulb. 4" high x 1 1/4" wide. Standard-medium E26 base.

You can probably find a plant bulb or an LED bulb in the T10 size. I don't know enough to make a suggestion.

[Torrey]

On 4/28/2022 at 5:20 PM, Krobus said:

I got this 5 gallon or so tank a while ago and have been using it as a quarantine tank for a while but i checked the bulb and it looked like this😅 I have anubias clippings in there and i want the light to be good for plants, i want to give it a good clean too but dont know how, any tips? it has this white residue on it, and its already been given a good cleaning by me, should i go back and clean again? this tank is super old according to the friend i got it from

also should i just scrap the lid and make a new one? i could just use a spare light then, it works to keep my cat out for now aha but its broken and very old😅

Most of the white crusty stuff is calcium deposits. As Guppysnail said, remove the lid from the tank and white vinegar will remove it. With the red staining, I would not replace the lightbulb it came with, I would look at underhood LED aquarium lights and submersible lights, and see what you can buy that will fit under the hood of the tank.

That's how I revamped my tank for scapes from scraps: I was already using an Aqueon double submersible LED light in between my 2 pico tanks (side lighting is a cool trick for increasing red leaf growth in low tech tanks). I notched a hole in the side of the lid for the LED cord to fit through, and attached the submersible LED light inside the hood/lid of my pico tank.

Looking under the hood, this is one of two connected (by a cord) LED submersible lights. Submersible means I don't need to worry about condensation, or even submerging the light in the top of the tank.

View when the lights are off and tank is full. You can see the light is in contact with the water.

 

View with the lights on. My plants are thriving.

 

 

[Baphijmm]

On 4/28/2022 at 6:24 PM, Widgets said:

That looks like a T10 bulb. 4" high x 1 1/4" wide. Standard-medium E26 base.

You can probably find a plant bulb or an LED bulb in the T10 size. I don't know enough to make a suggestion.

Seconding this. I've had remarkable luck with these, lots of growth out of a little 1.5-gallon tank I just kinda toss cuttings into, but it looks like Amazon isn't carrying them anymore. These might be similar enough? I know I'm gonna have to find a replacement myself; that bulb won't last forever.

[Brandon p]

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