my first planted tank!!!!.....epic fail...help me please!

[stevenrox]

i have regular compact lighting. 55 watts.

if it's only 1 bulb and you have some 400$ plants thats like .5 wpg you probally need like 2-3wpg and if you want them to be more lush and green EVEN more and need a co2 system to prevent algae and i dont recommend leaving lights on for more then 12 hours without co2

 

[sostoudt]

i have regular compact lighting. 55 watts.

55 for the whole tank?

the general standby for wattage rules is atleast 2 wpg, theres a few plants that require over 3wpg. also if your tanks abnormally high for the size you may need more wpg.

so at 2wpg for 200 gallon tank is 400 watts.

 

[trojan09]

ok thnx bro lol i didnt mean to say regular compact lighting.

 

[sostoudt]

hold on i will look up the rules for larger tanks as the rule starts to break down over a 100 gallons.

 

[trojan09]

no not for the whole tank. i have 4 of them

 

[stevenrox]

no not for the whole tank. i have 4 of them

that might scrap by a lil if it's on for 12-14 hours, i think it's the temp then because i have tried to keep plants with discus i keep temp around 88 and the plants keep dying and i never put in plants since

 

[sostoudt]

do you happen to know the dimensions of your tank?

 

[trojan09]

that might scrap by a lil if it's on for 12-14 hours, i think it's the temp then because i have tried to keep plants with discus i keep temp around 88 and the plants keep dying and i never put in plants since

ok then i might just have to take out the plants and put it in a holding tank. when my datnoid gets better from ichs then ill put the plants back in if its to hot. thnx for the advice ppl.

 

[sostoudt]

well i found the closest relation for tank size watts=22.65 x Gallons^0.46

edit: important thats gallons to .46 power

 

[trojan09]

ok thnx sostoudt