plant lighting
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Its really based on how many watts per gallon you have. For example if i have a 110 watt light on a 55 gallon than i have 2 watts per gallon which is between low and high lighting. Low lighting is 1 watt per gallon and high is anything higher than 2.
basically, there are four things we need to know just to get started:
> what kind of flourescent bulb do you have? is it T5, T8, CF ?
> how many watts is it?
> what is the kelvin rating?
> what size tank?
if you have that info, we can make some educated guesses
I suppose I'd also add the question: what substrate do you have?
> what kind of flourescent bulb do you have? is it T5, T8, CF ?
> how many watts is it?
> what is the kelvin rating?
> what size tank?
if you have that info, we can make some educated guesses
I suppose I'd also add the question: what substrate do you have?
what size of tank? look on the bulb to see how many watts. if its a bigger tank you prob will have to add more light. if its smaller 10-20 you might be able to get away with the stock lighting.
if its a 29G tank, then it is 30" wide, which means you probably have two 20W bulbs; that's not bad from a WPG standpoint (about 1.3), which would be enough for low-light tolerant plants like java ferns, anubias, amazon sword, etc.
I'm just guessing tho' . . . if you could look at the bulbs and tell us what they say - - they should have the wattage, and maybe the name of the bulb - - then we would know for sure . . .
I'm just guessing tho' . . . if you could look at the bulbs and tell us what they say - - they should have the wattage, and maybe the name of the bulb - - then we would know for sure . . .
frill, some kinda sword that the lfs didnt say, tons of java fern, scarlet. WOW i just opened up the foggy glass and saw that there was actaully only 1! 20 watt light! wow thats rediculous if u ask me. i remember when i got the combo i read on the side of the box that said "lighting great for plants" or something along the line of that