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Lighting Question
Ok, I must be missing the point or something...
I read online the calculations for proper lighting for a 35 gallon hex tank is 120 watts for 12.5 hours. Is this correct? And since my bulb says 15 watts, how screwed am I? :^) |
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Lighting Question
On 7 Jan 2006 03:47:58 -0800, "EGMono" wrote:
Ok, I must be missing the point or something... I read online the calculations for proper lighting for a 35 gallon hex tank is 120 watts for 12.5 hours. Is this correct? And since my bulb says 15 watts, how screwed am I? :^) Watts per gallon is the formula I know, however what is the correct result depends on the plants you are getting. I have "low light" plants that are happy at less than 1.5 w/g. At that level, 52 watts would be adequate. If you have correctly identified the bulb at 15 watts then who cares how long you have it on? As to hours of lighting, I don't know of a formula. I cycle my tanks 4AM on, 1PM off, 3PM on and 7PM off. I have no idea whether this reduces algae, but having set up the controlers, I let them continue. I still get dots of green algae on the glass that I scrap off when I am in the mood. dick |
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Yes, taking into account hex shapes vs. rectangle shapes, and height.
Can anyone tell me if the wattage boost is worth it? Just a quick look through the aquarium store says it will cost me $100 to boost the wattage to 50-65 watts. No idea how to get it to 120 watts and still have it fit on my tank. ps., went to 4 fish stores, got 4 completely different reasons why my plants aren't doing so well. |
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