Lighting

[SierraReef]

I plan on having a 55G planted tank, heavily stocked with plants and housing about 15 - 20 fish. Most lighting systems I look up are made more for reef aquariums - too much light for a planted tank & usually with blue actinic which I've been told here isn't needed.

Do you guys knows of any good 48" hood systems that will serve up 110 to 165 watts?

[750t]

Go to www.ahsupply.com. They sell retrofit kits for lights and hoods. Tim

[punch]

Lights for reef aquariums will work for planted tanks. You just buy the watts you need and the bulbs (about65k) If you order with a place that the lights come with the kit, you can usally have the bulbs exchanged with the ones you need, Just have to ask.

[superjohnny]

I bought a Custom Sealife light from bigalsonline.com I've been very pleased with it. The only problem is now I want a pressurized CO2 tank & twice as much light :)

I'm hooked :)

[punch]

yea, I had the same problem, tried the yeast and couldn't get anywhere! So I set up pressurized. Now I want to grow higher light plants so I got a retrofit for more lights and I'm working on making the canopy.
Will it ever end?