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So what wattage should I have? I guess "wattage" does not really matter. It's the lumen's we are really concerned with?
Are the bulbs I have on it now going to work? MG is right, it does have a yellow tint to it.

Back to plants, which of the plants listed would be easy growers for a plant newbie?
 
I have 2 of the GE 15w daylights over a 10g, no CO2. I'd call it medium lighting, a few stem plants doing good but no algae out of control, just what I wanted.
 
chrisfromnl said:
So what wattage should I have? I guess "wattage" does not really matter. It's the lumen's we are really concerned with?
Are the bulbs I have on it now going to work? MG is right, it does have a yellow tint to it.

Back to plants, which of the plants listed would be easy growers for a plant newbie?
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You need to have at least 2 watts per gallon, and that's actual quoted power, not the incandescent equivalence. Bog standard CF (we call them "energy saving lightbulbs" over here) tend towards the yellow and are not ideal.
 
chrisfromnl said:
Back to plants, which of the plants listed would be easy growers for a plant newbie?
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Hygrophilas
Vallisnerias
Nymphaea
Cryptocoryne
Elodea densa
Hornworts
Duckweeds (pests)
Water hyacinth
Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Water wisteria
Pennywort
 
Lupin said:
Hygrophilas
Vallisnerias
Nymphaea
Cryptocoryne
Elodea densa
Hornworts
Duckweeds (pests)
Water hyacinth
Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Water wisteria
Pennywort
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I got really soft water...in the last 24 hours a couple of stems of my Hornwort grew 3-4"...My Pennywort is healthy and growing well...Anacharis (formally Elodea densa, now Egeria densa) has grown really well in my tank as well. No ferts or CO2, and river-rock for gravel, so a low-tech tank. I have a 75W bulb, and switched from a 4200K to a 7800K bulb in the last light cycle.
 
Bacopa and Val, possibly. I don't think anything else would do well under the lighting.
 
Sorry. Misread. Virtually any of them will grow under that intensity, if it's the right spectrum.
 
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