Lighting question

[senorkevin]

My tank is 90x40x96cm it is stocked with fish and 3 plants. What type of fluorescent tube should I buy with my hood?

 

[mrvincent]

Depends if you plan planted tank, and depends of the type of plants you plan. If it's fish only with plastics plants, get a cheap T8 or T5 fixture and run it 8-11 hrs daily.

According to your mesurements, your tank is really higher than large ?

 

[senorkevin]

90 long
40 wide
46 deep
It have 1 elodea and 1 type of amazon sword

 

[senorkevin]

Will a t5 or t8 help yo bring out the colour of the fishes?

 

[senorkevin]

Would you recommend an actinic (blue) bulb or is that just for reefs?

 

[senorkevin]

I think I would need them both

 

[senorkevin]

Also I am planning to get a couple of floating plants today. Will that affect what light to buy?

 

[mrvincent]

I have a 90cm wide tank. I run 2x39W T5HO on it.

The light fixture will depend if you plan dosing CO2. If yes, then you can go dual T5HO, else you can go for a single T5HO or 2xT8

 

[gilpi]

Atinic blue is good for reef tanks. My amazon swords grow real nice with a combination of one 5000k and one 6500k. I use a two strip T8 shop light from home depot on top of a 40 gallon breeder six hours a day with no ferts or co2.

 

[senorkevin]

Here there wasn't much for lighting. Also I have no idea what is t5 or t8.
We got 2x20w. One is white and the other is a blue lamp.
The white light has 10000 kelvins.
I hope that will do

 

[gilpi]

Here there wasn't much for lighting. Also I have no idea what is t5 or t8.
We got 2x20w. One is white and the other is a blue lamp.
The white light has 10000 kelvins.
I hope that will do

The tube will tell you if it is 5000k or 6500k. T5 are the thinnest tubes you'll find, T8 are a little thicker and then the thicker older types are T12.

 

[senorkevin]

10000k on the tube an 20w

 

[mrvincent]

Yeah, actinic is only for reef, it can give u algae issues in FW tanks. 6500K° is the best IMO !