Shop light on aquarium?

[machotaco]

I'm thinking of buying a 4' 4 bulb t8 32 watt shop light for my 45 gallon aquarium. I'm going to hang it over top of the aquarium from the roof and use a glass top. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thx


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[icydeath]

I don't but I do not think it will support plants unless they are floating. This is mostly because the tank is 23.75 inches high and you only have 32 watts. For a planted tank a lot of people aim for 2-5 watts per gallon depending on the tank.
You have 0.71 watts per gallon so you could do a fish only.

 

[machotaco]

We it has 4 32 watt bulbs = 128 watts


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[icydeath]

OOHHH Yeah you should be good. What is the light temperature?

 

[machotaco]

I'm getting one roseatte lamp, 2 daylight lamps, and a grow max lamp. I'll get back to you on the actual temperature though


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[icydeath]

You will probably be good to go but the spectrum is important.

I will be may be unable to respond to any threads until Sunday as I am going to LA but if I have time, I will try to get back to you before then. If not, PM on Sunday.

 

[machotaco]

Ok thanks!


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[Tate]

I have a dual t8 fixture on my 20 gallon long tank and I would say it gives me medium light.