On 10 Feb 2004 19:43:47 -0800, (Aqua) wrote:

I dont know about your current hood but you need minimum two more
40watt bulbs. This will give you little more than 2 watts per gal. Or
go for 2x55w bulbs.


I've seen a 55g tank using just 2 40w tubes. It's on the low end of
the lighting scale, but it's enough for many of the less demanding
plants.



Chuck Gadd
http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua