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RE: extra lamp for plants
>On my tank (29 gal) I have a single 24" florescent bulb, but I would like
to
>supply
>more light to the plants once I plant the tank since I believe the current
>strip light is only a 40 watt. I have an all glass canopy, so would it
>work, or be advisable, to place some sort of non-striplight lamp over the
>tank with a stronger "plant-oriented" bulb? I am going to be making this
>into a very densely planted tank with a school of smaller fish, 3 bettas
and
>a few algae eaters (SAEs if I can get them).
>David
I have just upgraded my 29 gal to a single 36W PC tube from AHSupply. Wow!
Definitely worth the $60 spent on it.
Slawomir Janicki
janicki1 at earthlink_net
P.S. For now I really need my three SAEs, two otos and two dwarf bristlenose
plecos to win the brown algae war in that tank.