PL lighting

currently my tank lighting is those pink tube type though of changing to PL lighting .mine tank is 3ft than. how many watt of PL light should i get and how many tube in one casing ?.in my tank just few planted plants neon tetra and shrimps in it ... can the guru pls advice . tks

If you want to grow plants of all requirements(from low-high) then you need 144w which is 4 tubes of 36w PL.

me not really in to plant just want the plant to about a mth like that . actuall of thinking of 2 55watt for the tank . wat u think .

Originally Posted by dOlBy

If you want to grow plants of all requirements(from low-high) then you need 144w which is 4 tubes of 36w PL.

Originally Posted by Marcusy

me not really in to plant just want the plant to about a mth like that . actuall of thinking of 2 55watt for the tank . wat u think .

You mean the plants will only be there for about a month? After which you
will remove them?

Anyway, 2X55W shld be fine for a basic low-medium tech setup

huh if the plant can last longer then it will be better so far my plant in my present tank and lighting can last for only 1-2 mth .... how much is the pl lighting for 2 55W

Originally Posted by |ceberg

You mean the plants will only be there for about a month? After which you
will remove them?

Anyway, 2X55W shld be fine for a basic low-medium tech setup

Originally Posted by Marcusy

huh if the plant can last longer then it will be better so far my plant in my present tank and lighting can last for only 1-2 mth .... how much is the pl lighting for 2 55W

Think its better you want to do some price comparison in LFS (NA, Gratiola etc)

There are some bros who setup/mod lighting sets here in AF eg. Badman,Barbarik etc

have brought 2 3ft maqnamII PL lighting from 328 at $58 each . it consist of 2 36Watt pl tube and 1000k . is 36 watt enough for plant as i not really into plant just want them to last longer and green normally last time wif those FL lighting the leaves seem turn yellow after a few week and then turn brown .

Originally Posted by |ceberg

Think its better you want to do some price comparison in LFS (NA, Gratiola etc)

There are some bros who setup/mod lighting sets here in AF eg. Badman,Barbarik etc

Originally Posted by Marcusy

have brought 2 3ft maqnamII PL lighting from 328 at $58 each . it consist of 2 36Watt pl tube and 1000k . is 36 watt enough for plant as i not really into plant just want them to last longer and green normally last time wif those FL lighting the leaves seem turn yellow after a few week and then turn brown .

bro, you may wanna tell us wat plants you have. also, plants do not only thrive under adequate light, they also need co2/nutrients as well.

me also not to sure wat plant i have .. just go to shope see nice i buy

Originally Posted by the_r0ck

bro, you may wanna tell us wat plants you have. also, plants do not only thrive under adequate light, they also need co2/nutrients as well.

Marcusy,

Strive to have uniform light throughout your tank. It is of no use if your lights are saturated in the centre if plants that requires high lights are not planted there. If you meant that you have 2 sets of 2 x 36 watts tubes, that should be quite sufficient unless the reflectors are crap. Take note on your nutrients dosing (CO2, NO3, PO4, etc)