DanD
Aquarium Advice Regular
I currently have a 55 gallon tank, planted (wisteria, anubias, echnidorus, anacharis) and doing pretty well. My situation being what it is, I bought a pretty inexpensive hood when setting up, with a single fluorescent, ~40w.
Though I'm fairly happy with my current planting, I'd like to push a little ahead into some species that I know will require more light than .5-.7w/gal. I'm not ready to step up to CO2 yet, so ideally I'd like to go to something like 75-100w.
My question is this: Is there anyway to retrofit my current fixture with a higher wattage without breaking the bank? Anybody seen single T12 48" bulbs of that approximate wattage for sale (I haven't)? Alternatively, is there a relatively inexpensive fixture that I could pick up to replace my current one (about 48" x 3-1/2") that would take, say, 2 bulbs?
Though I'm fairly happy with my current planting, I'd like to push a little ahead into some species that I know will require more light than .5-.7w/gal. I'm not ready to step up to CO2 yet, so ideally I'd like to go to something like 75-100w.
My question is this: Is there anyway to retrofit my current fixture with a higher wattage without breaking the bank? Anybody seen single T12 48" bulbs of that approximate wattage for sale (I haven't)? Alternatively, is there a relatively inexpensive fixture that I could pick up to replace my current one (about 48" x 3-1/2") that would take, say, 2 bulbs?
