Re:Leggy Plants and Light

[MG <300bowler at cox-internet_com>]

I wonder about this too.  How important is it to have
light directly over the entire area of the tank?    For
example: My 27 gallon flatback tank is only about 10{quot} - 11{quot}
wide (depending on whether you measure from underneath the lip around the
tank or not).  Through the good advice of the people on this list I
am strongly considering getting 1 - 96 watt retrofit strip (ahsupply)
because it will give me more than adequate lighting at 3.55 watts per
gallon.  However, the width of the reflector on this is only 4{quot}
wide, so if I install the reflector directly over the middle of the tank,
that would leave some 3{quot} to the front and back not having light
directly over it.  Am I looking at problems here?  Thanks for
any help.


Mike G.

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I'm also wondering about the directionality of the AH supply lights. The


plant in the photo is at the rear of the tank - there are no lights
directly 

above it. Are the AH supply miro reflectors so directional that a plant


which is 4{quot} horizonally from the back of the reflector, and
4-12{quot} below it, 
will not receive enough light?



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