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12-06-2007, 08:48 PM
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WTB: 36" Lighting
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 
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12-06-2007, 09:59 PM
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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
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12-07-2007, 06:21 PM
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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
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