Yet another lighting question

[jwejroch]

I have a chance to get a 40 gal breeder and stand, really cheap. I'm somewhat of a noob. Need help picking out a light. Plants will be mostly moderate light, like ludwigia, moneywort, and some micro sword. I found a Coralife CFL 2x96 (seems like too much light), a CFL 1x96(doesn't seem like enough), and some 2x39 t5ho, and 4x39 t5ho fixtures. HELP!!! I'm not sure which to use. I was thinking of DIY CO2 also...

Right now I have a 10g with 2x15 6500k CFL. Everything is great with that tank.

 

[gmh]

The 2X39 watt t5ho is the way I would go. Youre getting nearly 2 watts per gallon of efficient lighting, good for a low tech setup and enough to work with CO2 as well, provided you are not going with high light plants.

 

[Crispino Ramos]

Check out Drs. Foster and Smith or Big Al's for Aqualight T5 normal output.