|| "RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
||| I wouldn't see a problem if it wasn't a 18" deep tank from top to
||| bottom... My buddy has been 'experimenting' with plants in his 55g,
||| and everything 8-10" from top looks great, but the lower halfs look
||| rough... the java fern on the bottom is going good, the anubias are
||| looking ok with some algae around the edges of the leaves...
|||
||| I do 1.5wpg in a 10g and it's great... but in my 18" high 29g, I
||| had to go with PCFs to penetrate to the bottom... and with 65W over
||| a 29, I'm getting
||| 2.24WPG...
|||
||| I'd say you can pull it off..... just pick the right plants and
||| you'll be ok
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|||| RedForeman ©® fabricator and creator of the ratbike streetfighter!!!
|| Actually I think from bottom of the bottom trim to the top of the
|| top trim is 21", it's probably about 18-19" of actual water from the
|| bottom glass plate to just below the bottom of the top trim.
||
|| Btw, did you first try normal fluorescent lighting with your 29? If
|| so, at what wpg?
||
|| Thanks,
|| Harry

It was a standard NO floro, not sure what whats it was... it was only a 24"
bulb, so no more than 30w... less than 1WPG, and it wouldn't grow anything
but dwarf lillies... generic ones that you can get from walmart... after it
killed/I killed many plants, I started seeing all these nice lush tanks...
in my head I said, "I want that." I came here and started absorbing all
that the late great JB, NetMax and TomBarr gave, LeighMo was a huge
inspiration, and so many others, I just can't seem to remember....

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