Carpeting plants light?

[Stingray68]

Would two 26W clf bulbs be able to grow most carpeting plants like baby tears, dwarf baby tears, glosso, dwarf hair grass?

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Over what size tank dimensions?

 

[jwh0818]

Would two 26W clf bulbs be able to grow most carpeting plants like baby tears, dwarf baby tears, glosso, dwarf hair grass?

Whats the light temp?
Whats the tank size?

 

[Stingray68]

The temp is 6,500K and it is for a 20 gallon

 

[Austin.b]

20 gallon long? High? We need to know how far away the light will be from the substrate. The farther away the light is from the substrate, the stronger it has to be inorder to give the carpeting plants suffecient light.

 

[Stingray68]

It is a 20 high

 

[jwh0818]

6500k will work but extremely slow growth. I would search for some 6700k with more wattage.

 

[dragonfisher33]

i could be wrong, but i wasn't able to find 6500k clf before

 

[Jkeating8]

It's really depends upon how they are mounted/fixed. If you are screwing them into a common aquarium hood that mounts them sideways and has poor reflectors, you will be lucky to hit medium light. If you are using done style reflectors from Home Depot that sit directly on top of the tank, then you will most likely be high light. With highlight comes the need for liquid carbon/ co2 and balanced fertilizers in the form of EI or PPS-Pro. Without these two vital elements, you will have a good amount of algae on your hands very quickly.

 

[Stingray68]

Ok so that idea is out. I don't know any good light fixtures for growing plants. I found this at home depot. Would this work?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/ViaVolt-...ow-Light-Fixture-V24/202985194#specifications

 

[jetajockey]

That would be massive overkill on that setup. If you do end up with t5ho's just go with one of these. They are 50% off right now too so you'd get out of it for less than $50 shipped I believe. 2F/2Bulbs fixtures

 

[Stingray68]

That would be massive overkill on that setup. If you do end up with t5ho's just go with one of these. They are 50% off right now too so you'd get out of it for less than $50 shipped I believe. 2F/2Bulbs fixtures

Would I get good growth on everything?

 

[jetajockey]

Yes that's plenty of light, in fact it's probably a bit too much light unless you are going high tech. The good news is that it's easier to reduce light intensity than it is to increase it.

 

[Stingray68]

Yes that's plenty of light, in fact it's probably a bit too much light unless you are going high tech. The good news is that it's easier to reduce light intensity than it is to increase it.

Um I'm thinking of it being a jungle so there is gonna be a lot of plants to help block out light