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16-02-2005, 12:29 AM | #1 |
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pls suggest light for 24" deep tank
I have this custom made tank which is 24" deep. length is 3ft.
Nana are starting to develop black/brown spots. Think its becos of insufficient light. Anyone can help? what brand and type of light can I use. I have xmas moss and nana in it. thinking of getting ricca also. i have a CO2 tank also. Pls advice. |
16-02-2005, 12:40 AM | #2 |
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hehe... if S-11 not an issue....
MH is the one...... |
16-02-2005, 01:39 AM | #3 |
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yeah..metal helite is your solution..
can even see the shadows of your fishes when they swim! |
16-02-2005, 04:09 AM | #4 | |
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Maybe a PL lighting is sufficient for your 2ft deep. Your tank have a great deep, you can create high slope for better scaping. Cheers! |
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16-02-2005, 09:59 AM | #5 | |
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Fishy_will I have a 4 x 2 x 2 tank, using 4 x 55w got better area coverage. no heat problem. MH light is intense point source thus a single MH light might not be able to cover your entire 3ft tank. |
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16-02-2005, 03:50 PM | #6 |
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hi bros
wat abt T5s? |
16-02-2005, 05:23 PM | #7 |
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how bout 10000k pl light?
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16-02-2005, 06:22 PM | #8 | |
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If the black/brown spots on the nana are algae, it is very unlikely to be due to insufficient light. Nana is one of the least demanding on lighting. Have you decide on the list of plants you want? Or just nana, moss and riccia. |
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16-02-2005, 07:27 PM | #9 | |
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the higher the colour temperature will not compensate for the lack of it and add in the fact, the spread and the reach is the same as a 6500K light in terms of comparing 2 light sets of the same wattage the solution is to get higher wattage lights 6500K will suffice T5 is expensive and comparable with PL lights if ur plants are not doing well due to insufficient lights, just invest in a good high wattage PL light set However, as goh had pointed out wat kind of plants are u going for? its going to decide in the light set u are looking for if its just these few plants which makes it a low maintenance tank, maybe u dun have to change ur lights after all |
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16-02-2005, 08:07 PM | #10 |
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Very hard to judge As you only give a general description of tank size.
1. What's the lights used now? 2. Are you using fert, base or liquid? 3. Temperature of tank? Since it's nana.... a pretty hardy plant. Black, brown - damaged root, not enough fert,too hot, too cold, or water contains herbicide. green, dark green - spot algae, prolly due to very high light.(I believe not in your case...) Damaged root->rhizome buried too deep, rhizome cutted, burnted, skinned, etc.... |
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