Lighting for a 30g tank - Aquarium Advice

wickeded · 03-12-2007, 12:40 AM

Hello-

I have a 30g tank, 36" x 12". I want better lighting (currently a single strip 20W light on glasstop), but don't want to do CO2. After reading a couple of threads I was determined to go with something like a 65W light, but all of the light fixtures with this wattage are only 30" long- Anything 36" are all 96W, and I'm afraid that's too much light for what I want. Threats of algae problems on the thread really scares me off- Too lazy for retrofits also-

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

jinmon · 03-12-2007, 04:18 AM

A quick glance at www.drsfostersmith.com shows a 36" light strip (dual fluorescent tubes) that's listed at 30W - I think that's per bulb? If so, that's pretty close to what you want.

-Julie (who also has a 36" tank, but who doesn't have the luxury of a pre-built strip convenience due to big heavy anti-glasstop cats

)

03-12-2007, 12:40 AM	#1
wickeded Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15	Lighting for a 30g tank Hello- I have a 30g tank, 36" x 12". I want better lighting (currently a single strip 20W light on glasstop), but don't want to do CO2. After reading a couple of threads I was determined to go with something like a 65W light, but all of the light fixtures with this wattage are only 30" long- Anything 36" are all 96W, and I'm afraid that's too much light for what I want. Threats of algae problems on the thread really scares me off- Too lazy for retrofits also- Any suggestions? Thanks!

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03-12-2007, 04:18 AM	#2
jinmon Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 96	A quick glance at www.drsfostersmith.com shows a 36" light strip (dual fluorescent tubes) that's listed at 30W - I think that's per bulb? If so, that's pretty close to what you want. -Julie (who also has a 36" tank, but who doesn't have the luxury of a pre-built strip convenience due to big heavy anti-glasstop cats )