WTB: 36" Lighting

[SJSobczyk]

I am looking at setting up my 38 gallon into a planted aquarium and was wondering if anyone had a light strip that would be suitable for plant growth? What is the general idea for plant growth... 2 watts per gallon? Willing to pay for shipping if its the right price.

Thanks

Steve

[kwirky]

the more light the faster it grows which means the faster you have to prune it :)

2 "watts per gallon" will give you adequate growth for most of the crappy plants available in calgary. Anything brighter and they'd grow like weeds and just make pruning a daily chore...

plus anything brighter than that and you get into CO2 and nitrate dosing... if you need nitrate lemme know I have 50 pounds of the stuff in the garage

[SJSobczyk]

Thanks for the reply! Alright so if anyone has anything around 2 WPG (maybe power compact) that i can use, please let me know.

Thanks


Steve

[SJSobczyk]

Still looking........

Steve

[StirCrazy]

I just bought the GLO dual HO T5 set up for my tank, it looks nice and puts out about 40% more light than PC's. so far I am very impressed with the light. it also comes with the mounting hardware and everything so you don't have to add on extras. T5 HO bulbs are also cheeper to replace than PC's

Steve

[SJSobczyk]

Thanks for the info. Where online can you buy this? Did a little search and came up with nothing in Canada.

Steve

[SJSobczyk]

BUMP......still looking!

[StirCrazy]

Thanks for the info. Where online can you buy this? Did a little search and came up with nothing in Canada.

Steve

sorry, I bought mine from a local place here, anywhere that carries hagan products should be able to get it in.

Steve