Hey guys,
Recently joined last night and I have a question around my new high tech setup.
I have a handmade tank which is 21uk gallons long (25us) which was started a few days ago with HC foreground.
I replaced the lights with 4x39w T5HO fixture, and these sit around 7 inches above the water level. Depth of tank is 35cm water level.
I don't yet understand watts per gallon rule as I'm aware this isn't necessarily accurate.
This would work out at 6.2 watts per us galon with all 4 bulbs on. This seems a lot.
The four bulbs are 2x 10k white and 2x growth red.
Should I be using two bulbs the majority of the time?
The CO2 is set to 5bps as there's no stock at present so I have it high while the HC is transitioning.
I'd like to optimise the light timing etc to allow for good growth without burning everything under the sun
Thanks
Recently joined last night and I have a question around my new high tech setup.
I have a handmade tank which is 21uk gallons long (25us) which was started a few days ago with HC foreground.
I replaced the lights with 4x39w T5HO fixture, and these sit around 7 inches above the water level. Depth of tank is 35cm water level.
I don't yet understand watts per gallon rule as I'm aware this isn't necessarily accurate.
This would work out at 6.2 watts per us galon with all 4 bulbs on. This seems a lot.
The four bulbs are 2x 10k white and 2x growth red.
Should I be using two bulbs the majority of the time?
The CO2 is set to 5bps as there's no stock at present so I have it high while the HC is transitioning.
I'd like to optimise the light timing etc to allow for good growth without burning everything under the sun
Thanks