which way should my light be the downwards way of sideways ..........................

[BobBong]

DatFire, don't listen to these first two tools.. they obviously don't know jack...

as you can see i'm using very similar bulbs.. infact probably the exact same one you have there.

as you can see, my plants are doing quite well with the compact flouro's.

they've just gone into 12/12.

the only concern you'll have is when flowering you need additional lighting of the red spec. to even it out