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 🙂