Hi all, I have this huge driftwoods( 18-19" Wide and 22" High) thats beging to be planted on. At the moment, I have plenty of java moss, ferns and anubia thats I want to grow on. However, I only have a 110 W(50/50) powercompact, 4' doulble bulbs(regular lighting) and VHO. Of which, I use the 4 footer powercompact(50/50). Frome my experience, I only trust Trichromatic bulbs(regular) lighting. Hence, here's the big questions...Any good power compact light sugestions? VHO? or will 2(4' trichromatic bulbs) will be suffecient? Also, could you give me water parameters for these plants?..ie..Ph, temp, nutrients..etc...Please help and Thank you all again!!!
Plant Help?
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Depends on how much you want to spend. Coralife makes excellent CF lighting units, with high wattage output. I have the 260wt unit on my tank to grow plants.
The light you have should be sufficient for growth of java fern / moss, and anubias species. All of those are lower light plants. They tend to do better with more light, but are ok with lower. If you wanted more plant options, bulbitis is a rhizome plant that loves to attach to driftwood. It's quite a slow grower though.
The light you have should be sufficient for growth of java fern / moss, and anubias species. All of those are lower light plants. They tend to do better with more light, but are ok with lower. If you wanted more plant options, bulbitis is a rhizome plant that loves to attach to driftwood. It's quite a slow grower though.
The plants your looking at can grow in low light (1-2 watts per gallon) so you just need a stong enough light on them and they should be fine.
6700K is not necessary for plant growth. It is a commonly sold plant bulb, but it is not the only spectrum that works.
WyldFya;561007; said:
Matter of fact, 6700K doesn't say anything about the spectrum ... just about the light temperature. But most 6700K bulbs are formuated for plant growth.
The question remains how tall the tank is. All watt/gallon talk is useless without that info.
HarleyK
Poorly worded... I know... K for kelvin... SO I CAN'T TALK WHEN TYPING! STOP MAKING FUN OF ME! 
So I'm stupid when I type.
What I meant to say was more that 6700K is not the only choice for bulbs as far as plant growth goes. I have seen more 6500K, and 8000K bulbs than the 6700K.
So I'm stupid when I type. What I meant to say was more that 6700K is not the only choice for bulbs as far as plant growth goes. I have seen more 6500K, and 8000K bulbs than the 6700K.
6700 is the most common sold. I have seen 5000 as well. Its the lower the kelvin the more it immulates the real sun. The lower the kelvin the better it is for plants in general. Plants like red and orange and violet spectrum. The deeper the tank is the stronger wattage you need because only blue spectrum penetrates the deepest in a water column. That is why when you go diving and you reach a certain depth everything looks blue.The higher the kelvin is of a bulb the more blues and greens there are which make fish and plants look good but have little effectivness for plants. In general, the lower the kelvin the better it is for plants, but it doesn't look to great that is why people will put a low kelvin and a high kelvin in together. They get good spectrum for plants with the low and the high kelvin adds more blue and greens to bring out the colors of flora and fauna.
