-lighting question

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by bv_reefer

-is 4.24 watts/gallon enough for all lps, cuz i know it's enough for all softes.

impossable to answer as the watt/gal means absolutly nothing. We need to know what kind of lighting and tank size.

if you do some searches on old posts you will see one of my biggest pet peeves is this darn stupid watt/ gal measurment. it means absolutly nothing and cannot even be used as a basis for comparason unless it is on the exact same tank with the exact same lighting. a better measurment if you have to use one of these useless ones would be watt/square foot of surface area, at least we are getting closet to measurments that matter.

to show you why this measurment means aboslutly nothing, say I have 4watt/gal in a tank I made. I am doing this with a 40 watt NO tube on a 10 gal tank thats dimentions are 48" long, 8" wide and 6" deep. is that going to be enough light for anything.. nope, well maybe algae.

on the same topic, a 120 with two 250 watt MH has less wat/gal than you but can grow SPS.

Steve

[bv_reefer]

-k now i see what u meen, ditch the watts/gallon thing- ok so my dimensions
are as follows: 36''x12'' and then it's 18'' deep, also could it be arranged with another maxi-jet 900 powerhead?

[skylord]

You could add another MJ900...but I have to ask why? If your thinking flow I have a Tunze nano stream 6045 and a Hydor Koralia 4 in my frag tank which is a 36" 40g and think I could use more flow.

Scott