Plants are dying

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light requirements for plants

Bright light plants - 2.5 -4 watts/gallon ---> 10-12 hours a day (minimum)
Medium light plants - 1.5 - 2.5 watts/gallon ---> 4-6 hours a day (minimum)
Low light plants - 1 watt/gallon ---> 2-3 hours a day (minimum)

Source - online fish forum
 
rain21 said:
light requirements for plants

Bright light plants - 2.5 -4 watts/gallon ---> 10-12 hours a day (minimum)
Medium light plants - 1.5 - 2.5 watts/gallon ---> 4-6 hours a day (minimum)
Low light plants - 1 watt/gallon ---> 2-3 hours a day (minimum)

Source - online fish forum
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Just so your informed WPG doesnt mean anything. Because theres different light fixtures. For example compare watts of leds to florescent bulbs, you have 200watts or florescent the wpg rule means you need 200watts of led? Waaaaaaaaay to much

Thats just one example and also even something as simple as a reflector can make that rule obsolete!

Anything with high par readings and lumens needs co2 or your begging for algae.


And OP your problem was most definitely the spectrum of your bulb 2800k is perfect for algae, this is the temp i use with my algae scrubbers.


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Well they didn't have anything t5... So I picked up a 48" 4- t8 bulb setup ... Bulbs are 32 w 6500k .... Before I open anything will this work
 
Crazygn said:
Well they didn't have anything t5... So I picked up a 48" 4- t8 bulb setup ... Bulbs are 32 w 6500k .... Before I open anything will this work
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4 bulbs might be overkill but it will definitely work. If you can order some of those pink hue bulbs. And put two 6,500k and two pinks. That will help even more.


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rain21 said:
light requirements for plants

Bright light plants - 2.5 -4 watts/gallon ---> 10-12 hours a day (minimum)
Medium light plants - 1.5 - 2.5 watts/gallon ---> 4-6 hours a day (minimum)
Low light plants - 1 watt/gallon ---> 2-3 hours a day (minimum)

Source - online fish forum
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This is just not really true at all, sorry.


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Looks good. Give it some time with the 6.5k bulbs you will see the difference in about a month or so.


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In my 60G i can just about grow hair grass with 2 T8 bulbs and pressurized Co2 (albeit slow), so with 4 t8 bulbs you should be able to get away with it...




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