N O lighting for planted tank.

[Biomanjcs72]

Getting ahead of myself again, but here we go.
If I get the 110GAL, I'm thinking that I can put 3-4 double NO ballasts in a hood (not yet built) Could I grow good plants with 320 Watts of light on a 110? I don't know just a hell of a lot about planted tanks.

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JCS
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[piege]

I have a heavily planted 75. I went to home depot and got the really cheap dual shoplights and the ge bulbs. This gave me 4 40w bulbs over the tank. This was supposed to be temporary until I could build a hood and put in more bulbs but my plants have been doing so good so far that I left the lighting I have there now.

I have already shipped out cuttings to folks.

JP

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[Biomanjcs72]

I was thinking I could get away with it, I'll keep you posted on the outcome.

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JCS
Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you.

[thezookeeper]

Well, it depends on what type of plants you plan on keeping. Low light will allow you to keep the plants alive, but they will not grow much. I have 80watts of light on my 46 bf and the plants grow like crazy, even without CO2 injections. HTH

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Joanne

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[SPasse]

Biomanjcs72,

Yes, this should be plenty.

320 Watts of light on a 110 = ~2.9 watts/gallon.

I had good luck using 3 x 150 watt Iwasaki MH lamps on a 135 (6’)

Which = ~ 3.3 watts/gallon

Also, the same lights over a 180, Which = 2.5 watts/gallon.

I was also using CO2, which made the plants grow like crazy.

Regards,

Scott

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