Tiny succulents under lights?

[swords]

I'm wondering if any of you are growing small succulents under lights? If you grow them indoors, what kind of lamps do you use, do you set it for 12/12 or other? Some plants I've got are colored obviously from intense light and not genetics (some are obviously genetics) but I wanted to know if I'll be able to keep their colors up with a 96W / 8000 Lumen 6500K power compact SW reef lamp in a reflector with the utility self surrounded by reflective duct insulation. I have two lamps and would like to use one 96W lamp over each 36" x 18" shelf. The lamp will be 12" or less from the plants (my reflector will have chains).

I know this ideally should be posted in Cacti and Succulents but I think only Seedjar and I ever travel down there!

 

[seedjar]

Sometimes cactusbum is around to throw in his lot.
About the lights, though, yours sound brighter than anything I use. My cacti don't necessarily color up much, but they grow pretty well with the same T12s that I use for my tropical sundews and other indoor plants. Even cheap bulbs can do a good job so long as they're kept close.
~Joe

 

[swords]

I still have mucho piles of twin tube 40W T-12 fixtures in my pantry from the Nep days, I just used these PCs cos the shelf I have is only 36" w and the bulbs are 32". I saw a 48" x 24" shelf when I was out today. That could go into a closet with 4x T-12 over each shelf...

It was so fun setting up the cacti-shelf today, I've got the plant "junk" back in the blood....

Here's the reflectors I built from 1/2 ventilation tubing. I don't know what they sell half a duct tube for at the hardware store but this is what I do with it:

Here's the shelf with the front cover off:

The PC lamp duct reflectors hang on S-hooks and chains so they can be lowered or raised. Each shelf is about 16" high . I may install a 4" PC / lamp fan in there to pull hot air up from the bottom and out the top as the left side is not covered with reflective insulation.

I will be able to fit 60 2 1/2" pots on each shelf edge to edge(!). When the weather gets better for ordering tropicals I will lay two 10 gallon tanks on their fronts on the bottom shelf for miniature CPs and orchids since that's the cooler shelf.