Lighting help

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Hebdizzle

playswithsquirrels
Mar 8, 2003
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I am going to set up my 10 gallon as a hospital/additional fish tank.
I plan on growing plants, and using the Hagen natural co2 system. Most likely I would chose 50% flourite and 50% sand-blasting sand.

The tank is 20 inches length-wise, with an 18 inch bulb. What do you reccomend for lighting? (I haven't seen any 18 inch VHO bulbs).

Thanks for the help.

Aaron
 
What plants do you want to grow? Medium Light? High Light?
You can get a 15 watt "sunlight" or a "gro-light" which would give you 1 1/2 watts per gal. With CO2, in a short tank like a 10, you can grow many plants. If you want to grow plants that require more light then you'll need compact flourescents.
Len
 
heres my reply...

to me no matter what kind of plant i have in my aquarium or wattage or what not i reccomend three hours of lighting a day is sufficient for plants i use hagen plant grow for my plants and they thrive beautifully in the aquarium.
 
Only three hours a day?? I would say that the consensus here is to attempt a tropical photoperiod of about 12 hours.

Also, don't some medications that contain copper hurt plants?
 
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