Zante
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I'm planning a tank that will be set up as riparium, so plenty of emersed plants.
The aquarium itself will be 60cm deep with a surface of about 2 square meters. I don't know the precise shape yet as I still have to order it but I know the depth and capacity I'm looking for.
The aquarium part will be illuminated by four LED spotlights 36w each 60 degree angle lenses IIRC approximately 35 to 40 cm from the water. Light temperature around 6500k.
What I'm thinking of, though, is the illumination for the emersed plants that will be lining the back of the tank. I am planning to have creepers such as philodendron climb up a trellis behind the tank and considering a hibiscus (among other plants), so the lights for the aquarium will be inadequate to also illuminate these.
Since I'm having the flat renovated and the electrics ripped out and put in anew (the current wiring is probably 40 years old ) I was thinking of having more LED spotlights installed in the ceiling for the emersed plants, buy I don't want the lights to be directly above the aquarium, rather more to the center of the room, pointing towards the top of the aquarium so that the leaves will turn slightly towards the room to catch the light better and give more an impression of being dense foliage, and have a better coverage of the plants bottom to top.
This is as far as I know how to go. How much power (talking LED), how many units for, say, 2 linear meters of aquarium, how far from the aquarium into the room?
If you need any more details please ask, I'll do what I can.
The aquarium itself will be 60cm deep with a surface of about 2 square meters. I don't know the precise shape yet as I still have to order it but I know the depth and capacity I'm looking for.
The aquarium part will be illuminated by four LED spotlights 36w each 60 degree angle lenses IIRC approximately 35 to 40 cm from the water. Light temperature around 6500k.
What I'm thinking of, though, is the illumination for the emersed plants that will be lining the back of the tank. I am planning to have creepers such as philodendron climb up a trellis behind the tank and considering a hibiscus (among other plants), so the lights for the aquarium will be inadequate to also illuminate these.
Since I'm having the flat renovated and the electrics ripped out and put in anew (the current wiring is probably 40 years old ) I was thinking of having more LED spotlights installed in the ceiling for the emersed plants, buy I don't want the lights to be directly above the aquarium, rather more to the center of the room, pointing towards the top of the aquarium so that the leaves will turn slightly towards the room to catch the light better and give more an impression of being dense foliage, and have a better coverage of the plants bottom to top.
This is as far as I know how to go. How much power (talking LED), how many units for, say, 2 linear meters of aquarium, how far from the aquarium into the room?
If you need any more details please ask, I'll do what I can.