160WATTS OF PLANT GROWIN' LIGHT BABY!
Ah, YEA! I finished my aquarium hood this weekend! (actually it's not
finished, but close) I had two 15W floroescent tubes for my 55g....... I build a aquarium hood and installed a Workhorse 7 electronic ballast and four 48" - 40W tubes..... 160WATTS WOOHOO! Actually the tubes I am using, I stole out of my shop lights.... Less than ideal I know..... all in due time though. |
Do0d, in the famous words of George Booth "the only reason you need that much light is if you are growing banned botanicals at the base of your tank". I would recommend that lighting setup for a seasoned gardener but for a beginner this is going to be an extremely "tight" setup. You better make sure you have ample co2 and dose ferts liberally. IME you will do MUCH better at half that amount of light and it gives you room to roam too. One slip and your beautiful planted tank will end up being an algae plantation. Get your routine sorted first b4 blasting all that light. It will do your electric bills good too! I'm not saying it can't be done all I'm saying is that you're weaving yourself into a very tight spot. Regards Cameron -- "In the beginning, God said the four-dimensional divergence of an antisymmetric, second rank tensor equals zero, and there was Light , and it was good." "spiral_72" wrote in message oups.com... Ah, YEA! I finished my aquarium hood this weekend! (actually it's not finished, but close) I had two 15W floroescent tubes for my 55g....... I build a aquarium hood and installed a Workhorse 7 electronic ballast and four 48" - 40W tubes..... 160WATTS WOOHOO! Actually the tubes I am using, I stole out of my shop lights.... Less than ideal I know..... all in due time though. |
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