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Old 16-02-2005, 09:58 PM   #11
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Got to be Metal Halide, very powerful source of like, almost near sunlight in every way. I got one installed on my ceiling shining directly down on my man made pond on my floor and guess what can grow lilies some more. Although expensive to maintain, this light really worth every single cent. Gives you the rippling effect when you view your fishes from your tank.
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Old 16-02-2005, 10:32 PM   #12
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Not to mention that there's no longer a need to remove the light set from the top of the tank when you need to do maintainence. Can also act as a sufficient room light too!

squee's praying for MH lighting in the future...
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Old 16-02-2005, 10:58 PM   #13
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Hee hee... A 250W MH would be good. Me aiming for that but no point as my tank's height is only 18". If you have that, you can have a very nice planted tank with that kind of height.

Or else, you can consider 55w PL tubes instead of 36w ones. Don't use 10k or higher k tube as it gives algae problem.
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Old 17-02-2005, 12:40 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by plantnrelax
Hi fishy_will,
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!

I am using 2 tubes of PL lights now. think its the small tube. My tank is built in a built in partition. Therefore heat is definately a problem. I am new to this "planted tank world"... any recommandation on plants which i can keep?
mayb its algae on my nana... i am able to rub the black/brown stuff off with my fingers ... my tank is only 15" wide... 36" by 15" by 24"...
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Old 17-02-2005, 12:46 AM   #15
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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....
1. What's the lights used now?
36w pl

2. Are you using fert, base or liquid?
i have this fert set that comes with my CO2 set. contains root and liquid fert.

3. Temperature of tank?
i did not measure temp... what is a suitable temp??
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Old 17-02-2005, 12:54 AM   #16
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does ricca need lots of light? my xmas moss is like turning a little brownish at some parts... whats the course of it??
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Old 17-02-2005, 01:08 AM   #17
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does ricca need lots of light? my xmas moss is like turning a little brownish at some parts... whats the course of it??
Riccia needs very strong lights and lots of CO2. as for yr xmas moss turning brownish can be attributed to several reasons - first few tt comes to mind wld be fert not enuff, lights too strong or water too hot.
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Old 17-02-2005, 01:11 AM   #18
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I have a 24" deep tank also and I use 4 65W Power Compact Fluorescent bulbs.
Its working well and its alot cheaper then MH
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Old 17-02-2005, 01:25 AM   #19
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I have a 24" deep tank also and I use 4 65W Power Compact Fluorescent bulbs.
Its working well and its alot cheaper then MH

where can i get it? how much does it cost??
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Old 17-02-2005, 02:21 AM   #20
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where can i get it? how much does it cost??
I bought mine at a LFS in Southern California, but you can find some at Petsolutions.com I think the retro fit is about $200 for 4 65W.
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