Lighting Dwarf hairgrass

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fisher12

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I have a t8 shoplight resting on my aquatium. It has a t12 6500k daylight bulb in it. (Purchased wrong one, gonna use this one for now). What effect is the wrong bulb having or is it alright? I planned to get a t8 6500k daylight but is this enough to keep my hairgrass alive and carpet? If not is there anything i could use in my t8 shoplight? Thanks
 
What size is the tank? Even a t8 might be abit weak for hairgrass
 
What size is the tank? Even a t8 might be abit weak for hairgrass
55 gal. What light would you recomend?
What size is the tank? Even a t8 might be abit weak for hairgrass
55 gal. What light would you recomend? Was looking on amazon at a nicrew led. Its only $45 , which is about what id lime to spend. I have an amazon sword, planed dwar hairgrass spread about, small patch of baby dwarf tears, water wisteria, anabus nana. All recently planted in eco floruite/gravel mix. Co2 dose daily or every other, and i use leaf zone
 
55 gal. What light would you recomend?

55 gal. What light would you recomend? Was looking on amazon at a nicrew led. Its only $45 , which is about what id lime to spend. I have an amazon sword, planed dwar hairgrass spread about, small patch of baby dwarf tears, water wisteria, anabus nana. All recently planted in eco floruite/gravel mix. Co2 dose daily or every other, and i use leaf zone



If u plan to grow hair grass you'll need something like a finnex planted plus or a chihiros A series in a tank that size. The dwarf baby tears will melt away to nothing without co2 injection (preasurised) it's more of a high tech plant. The rest would be fine under 2x t8's . Generally carpet plants need higher lighting and co2 but I have seen hairgrass grown without co2 before.

55g is a decent sized tank so the lighting won't be overly cheap. Probs somewhere around the $120 mark for a decent fixture.
 
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