George Pontis wrote:

For what it's worth, the hood does actually have two 24" tubes, so
there is a bit more light to play with. I find that my assorted
plants are staying alive and growing slowly.

You might also consider adding more light to the tank. It's actually
easy to do on the Eclipse hoods, since they leave a nice big gap
between the built-in light and the filter box.

I've got some notes and a couple of pictures of what I did he

http://www.ericschreiber.com/aquarium/tank1.html

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