jcspotless
Seedling
Hi,
New to forum, so please excuse me if this is answered elsewhere. I am looking at setup of a low tech planted tank using Fuval Flex 57L. The LED that come with say LUX 2450, Watts 10.8, dimensions of tank 41x 39 x 39 cm. I have seen posts that minimum Lumen per litre 10-20 moving higher for more difficult plants. My understanding is 1 Lux = 1 Lumen / m2.
So with surface area of 0.19m2 (49 x 39cm) it would seem I have 466 lumen available so dividing by 57L gives me 8.1 lumen per L. Is this right? On that basis it seem to indicate I need an additional light source. Is my maths correct?
New to forum, so please excuse me if this is answered elsewhere. I am looking at setup of a low tech planted tank using Fuval Flex 57L. The LED that come with say LUX 2450, Watts 10.8, dimensions of tank 41x 39 x 39 cm. I have seen posts that minimum Lumen per litre 10-20 moving higher for more difficult plants. My understanding is 1 Lux = 1 Lumen / m2.
So with surface area of 0.19m2 (49 x 39cm) it would seem I have 466 lumen available so dividing by 57L gives me 8.1 lumen per L. Is this right? On that basis it seem to indicate I need an additional light source. Is my maths correct?