Tank Specs:
75g
250 Watts of heating
2 Penguin Biowheel 170s
Im putting together a DIY canopy for my 75g. that I am looking to plant. I have 3 4' two-bulb strips adn the bulbs I have to place in them are:
2 GE T12 40 Watt Sunshine
-2250 Lumens
-5000k
-90 CRI
2 Sylvania T12 40 Watt Daylight
-3000 Lumens
-6500k
-80 CRI I believe
2 Sylvania Cool White Plus T12 40 Watt
-3000 Lumens
-4100k
-70 CRI
My questions are IS this a Good Setup, I have 3.2 Watts per a gallon. But is the Kelvin, Lumens and CRI good? Also the substrate I will have will be Schultz Soil Condtioner and a Layer of Flourite underneath. I will be feritlizing with flourish. Is there anything else I should add? I was thinking about Co2 but I dont have the money to buy a whole setup right now so I was wondering if I did 2 DIY bottles of Co2 and inserted the one tube into each intake of my Biowheels if that would be sufficient? Any additional reccomendations would be highly appreciated.
Thanks, Ryan
75g
250 Watts of heating
2 Penguin Biowheel 170s
Im putting together a DIY canopy for my 75g. that I am looking to plant. I have 3 4' two-bulb strips adn the bulbs I have to place in them are:
2 GE T12 40 Watt Sunshine
-2250 Lumens
-5000k
-90 CRI
2 Sylvania T12 40 Watt Daylight
-3000 Lumens
-6500k
-80 CRI I believe
2 Sylvania Cool White Plus T12 40 Watt
-3000 Lumens
-4100k
-70 CRI
My questions are IS this a Good Setup, I have 3.2 Watts per a gallon. But is the Kelvin, Lumens and CRI good? Also the substrate I will have will be Schultz Soil Condtioner and a Layer of Flourite underneath. I will be feritlizing with flourish. Is there anything else I should add? I was thinking about Co2 but I dont have the money to buy a whole setup right now so I was wondering if I did 2 DIY bottles of Co2 and inserted the one tube into each intake of my Biowheels if that would be sufficient? Any additional reccomendations would be highly appreciated.
Thanks, Ryan
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