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Re: [APD] another lighting question
For what you are looking for 220 watts would work fine. It is low
enough that you might not need CO2, and fertilizing would be a weekly
thing, not a three times a week thing. You can get the fertilizers
pretty cheaply from Gregg Watson. It would be a low to moderate light
tank.
Vaughn H.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 09:34 AM, Eli Moss wrote:
> Would that I could afford such illuminated luxury, but unfortunately a
> 4x96w
> setup is far, far out of my budget. I'm asking more what can I get
> away
> with, than what would be best to have. Is 220 watts of AHsupply
> compact
> fluorescent in two 2x55 strips going to tide me over, or is that just
> simply
> not enough? I don't need explosive plant growth, but I would like to
> see
> something. This is going to be a fairly low-tech setup, with maybe
> some
> token yeast CO2 injection, and light fertilization.
>
> Eli
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