lovelife
Seedling
I have a 40 liter tank.
I made a DIY setup using three cheap GU10 LEDs from Ebay.
Each bulb is supposed to have these characteristics:
- cool/pure white 6000-6500K
- 500-550 lumen
- 6W
I was under the impression that this light is more then adequate to grow plants. I though I have a medium to high light setup. The light fixture is 3 cm above the water and it looks very bright to me.
I use EI dosing method: dry ferts for macros, Fluorish for micros, Fluorish Excel for CO2, root tabs.
My barely surviving plants are:
- Anubias barteri (even anubais is not happy in my aquarium)
- Ludwigia inclinata var. inclinata (was told at LPT that is low light easy plant)
- Rotala wallichii (was told at LPT that is low light easy plant - now I know better)
Questions:
- Is my lighting appropriate for my tank?
- Is it low, medium or high?
- Can you see a lack of balance?
Any ideas and advice is welcome
Thanks
I made a DIY setup using three cheap GU10 LEDs from Ebay.
Each bulb is supposed to have these characteristics:
- cool/pure white 6000-6500K
- 500-550 lumen
- 6W
I was under the impression that this light is more then adequate to grow plants. I though I have a medium to high light setup. The light fixture is 3 cm above the water and it looks very bright to me.
I use EI dosing method: dry ferts for macros, Fluorish for micros, Fluorish Excel for CO2, root tabs.
My barely surviving plants are:
- Anubias barteri (even anubais is not happy in my aquarium)
- Ludwigia inclinata var. inclinata (was told at LPT that is low light easy plant)
- Rotala wallichii (was told at LPT that is low light easy plant - now I know better)
Questions:
- Is my lighting appropriate for my tank?
- Is it low, medium or high?
- Can you see a lack of balance?
Any ideas and advice is welcome
Thanks
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