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March 11th, 2014, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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Is this shop light good for 55 gallon planted tank?
Hi All,
I have a 55 gallon freshwater planted tank and I bought a 3 bulb 48" T8 shop light from Home Depot - need your opinion. I've got tree 6500K bulbs (3 x 2,750 = 8,250 lumens), a glass top, and light is suspended an inch or so on top of the tank. I have CaribSea substrate and pressurized CO2, as well as dosing fertilizer once in a while. Not sure if this is important: it is a community tank with guppies, rose barb tetras, neons ... Do you think that I have sufficient light, and if yes, what plants can I have? Shop light and light bulbs (click on the link to go to Home Depot website): Philips 4 ft. T8 32-Watt Daylight Deluxe (6500K) Linear Fluorescent ALTO II Light Bulb (2-Pack) Lithonia Lighting 3-Light Suspended Black Diamond Plate Fluorescent Shop Light Estimated PAR values (based on an article from some other forum) Distance from substrate: 18": PAR | PAR adjusted for glass (PAR less 30%) 90 | 63 Distance from substrate: 15" PAR | PAR adjusted for glass (PAR less 30%) 114 | 79.8 Thank you in advance! |
March 11th, 2014, 08:33 PM | #2 |
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I'm not a plant expert but i think you are in good shape with 6500k. You could grow many kinds of plants in that tank including java moss ,riccia fluitans,water sprite, anubias,crypts and vals.
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March 11th, 2014, 09:24 PM | #3 |
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March 16th, 2014, 04:52 PM | #4 |
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I have a shop light under my 55 as I have 4 , 10 gallon tanks on the bottom rack and my plants grow well , I have hornwort ; java moss , fern , amazon sword , valseneria , duckweed and I just have regular bulbs , 9 hours a day .if u please add a little miracle grow to your water changes. 🍀🌴🌲🌱🍃🍁🌿🌵
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