Caryl Posted June 30, 2002 Report Share Posted June 30, 2002 Get thee to the next Upper Hutt club meeting Ira Perhaps if you ask one of the members to go and have a look at your set-up they might see something that you have overlooked, or not realised was a contributing factor. At the least they can help make sure you have everything right before starting next time. This is what clubs are for. You said the centre of your plants were not getting enough light. Did you actually have any lighting on the tank itself or was it just natural daylight? I can't see any mention of lighting in the earlier posts. At least you should have a good idea now of what NOT to do next time. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 30, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2002 Yeah, I had lighting on the tank itself. Two 15 watt tubes. They were on about 12 hours a day. To describe how the plants were, imagine a 9" ball floating near the surface of the tank with about a dozen stems running down to pots on the bottom. The mass was dense enough that even after trimming the big chunk off it, when I took them all out and tossed them in a bucket so they were compacted they about half filled it. Anyway, it was dense enough I couldn't see that the center was all rotted without parting the leaves. And pegasus, I've switched the female bristlenose to a bag now. Partly to keep any diseases from spreading to the tank she's in(Which I don't think there is) and because she was getting her spines caught in the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 30, 2002 Report Share Posted June 30, 2002 Hi again, And pegasus, I've switched the female bristlenose to a bag now. Partly to keep any diseases from spreading to the tank she's in(Which I don't think there is) and because she was getting her spines caught in the net. You is too late my friend, the first drop of water from your infected tank would have done the damage, if any is done, and I hope there isn't. Thirty watts of light is pretty shitty, I don't wonder your plants are at the surface, they're struggling to get to the light. What was it someone recommended, 5 watts per litre or something. Errrmmm 5x6=30... 6 litres... errrrmmm somethings wrong Ira. Sorry, but I think you need to up your lighting slightly. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 30, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2002 Nowhere near 5 watts per liter, you'd be almost boiling the water off with that much light. 5 watts per liter would be about 500 watts above that tank. More like 5 watts per gallon, that would be heaps of light. On a different thread you were saying .6 watts per liter is good. I know I'm low at at about .3 watts per liter. But if you want to donate to the "Get Ira more lights" fund, I'm happy to take donations. Currently about $150 dollars for an extra .3 watts/liter. The plants in there seem to grow fine with the light they've got as long as they don't get too crowded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 30, 2002 Report Share Posted June 30, 2002 Nuf said. Sorry about the point in the point five I missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 This is a pretty old post. But I could not resist expressing my opinion. Pegasus IS right. The two 15 Watters is probably good enough for a goldfish bowl. I don't know how big (long) your tank is. But a 3 footer, densely planted tank need at least 60 to 80 watts. Here in OZ the rough approximation is, 10 W per foot. So a 3 foot tank has one tube of 30W and so forth. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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