Quick Lighting Question

Jerzboi

Jerzboi

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Brad
Hey Guyz,

I have a 20 gallon aquarium, i want to put in some new plants but they require high lighting, what amount of watt/gal and kelvin rating required for high light plants such as micro swords...

Thanks! :dance:

Brad
 
6700k
40-60watts sould suffice
 
Right now i have a incondesent that is rated 60watt

is this sufficient???

thanks
 
do you have CFL's in the fixture??
 
no... :headshake2:

just regular bulb for now
 
No, incandescents generally do not have enough "power" to grow aquarium plants. You would have to have a LOT of incandescent watts and therefore waste energy. Just switch out the incandescent bulbs you have with compact fluorescent bulbs.
 
microsword is a pain of a plant. Even under high light its a bad carpet plant due to its very slow growth. Go for something like hairgrass instead. Also since your light strip has incandescent bulbs you can replace them with screw in compact fluorescent bulbs. Get 2 27w bulbs from homedepot/lowes/wallyworld. Make sure they are Daylight bulbs.
 
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