I am still quite curious about my lights as I have had them all for about five months and keep asking what kind of plants I can get or if the light is sufficient but once I ask the thread dies.
Are these lights crap and no one wants to hurt my feelings? Or have the threads stopped because no one wants to tell me that my lights are fine and I am idiot for not knowing it.
this is what I have:
A small (smaller than 12") Coralife fixture with 2 9W 6700K Compact Florescent bulbs
A 48" in Coralife Fixture with 4 65W 6700K Compact florescent bulbs
A 18" flora sun t8 (...it says "max plant growth on it...but I don't trust it)
I can't be sure but I feel like the 18W coralife fixture should be suitable.
If not the 48 in has two switches so if nothing else I figured I could mount it above and only turn on half of it which would still be 130W on the CFL's...which are practically blinding...though maybe those are not enough.
I am new to planted tanks and got these lights in the box brand new off of craigslist when I bought a scratched up 75 gallon tank and about two boxes of other aquaria equipment for 150 dollars.
So, what can I plant? Do I have enough light?
Are these lights crap and no one wants to hurt my feelings? Or have the threads stopped because no one wants to tell me that my lights are fine and I am idiot for not knowing it.
this is what I have:
A small (smaller than 12") Coralife fixture with 2 9W 6700K Compact Florescent bulbs
A 48" in Coralife Fixture with 4 65W 6700K Compact florescent bulbs
A 18" flora sun t8 (...it says "max plant growth on it...but I don't trust it)
I can't be sure but I feel like the 18W coralife fixture should be suitable.
If not the 48 in has two switches so if nothing else I figured I could mount it above and only turn on half of it which would still be 130W on the CFL's...which are practically blinding...though maybe those are not enough.
I am new to planted tanks and got these lights in the box brand new off of craigslist when I bought a scratched up 75 gallon tank and about two boxes of other aquaria equipment for 150 dollars.
So, what can I plant? Do I have enough light?
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