What lighting for Cheato/Caulerpa

[55long]

I'm just starting a fuge and I have a small 8watt clamp on light. Will this be enough light to grow Cheato/Caulerpa?

 

[Bebo77]

i got one of those flood light lamps that uses 12 watts but puts out 120 watts.. they sell them at HD. i pluged it into one of those cheap $5 socket fixtures.

 

[Gooli]

i got a 60w daylight bulb from homedepot..it was like $7.
make sure its daylight 6700k or something like that.

 

[MG21]

I use 130 watt coralife 6700k on my fuge to grow chaeto and it grows like a weed.

 

[wds21921]

The CF bulbs will support your cheato but you may have to turn it over occasionally to get equal lighting and growth. Slower growth.

The tube fluorescent bulbs will give you faster growth.

Either is fine as cheato is not very demanding .

 

[ScallopKing]

I switched to a 175w true 6500k MH bulb and it's growing mad now. Any of the HD lighting I tried it would just die. HTH. Sean.

 

[slavearm]

I use 2x24w T5ho with the cheap GE 6500K bulbs, and my cheato grows amazingly fast now... I mean really fast... I mean 2-4 gallon bags exported weekly just to keep the size manageable.

I had CF before, and it grew really slow or died.

Slavearm

 

[55long]

Thanks for the replies. I'll be upgrading the light soon.