Cheap light for sump?

[innercirclepro]

I wanna put macro algae in my sump and was wondering if i just got a 60-90 watts bulb and put it in a metal clip on (maybe workshop style) from home depot for ten bucks or so would this work to grow caluerpa algae? thanks...

 

[natclanwy]

I use a 25w spiral PC in an aluminum clamp light from walmart on my refuge and it works fine, I even have some kenya trees growing under it.

 

[innercirclepro]

i dont have a refuge but i plan to put somnthing inbetween the sump and the intake for the return.. perhaps a net or plexiglass to divide it up so it doest suck in the macro algae

 

[cmaxwell39]

The other thing that works real well in one of the clip on style work lights is a PC floodlight. It has one of the spiral bulbs incased in a floodlight. The beautiful thing here is that the floodlight bulb has a reflector built into it so you can remove the aluminum reflector that comes with it and not have to worry about the reflector getting covered in salt creep.