i purchased new lights today..

[kangarooooooooo]

i have a 55 gallon aquarium and i purchased a "48 inch double linear strip T5 fluorescent lamp, with: a 28 watt colourmax full-spectrum T5 and a 28 watt 6700K plant lamp T5"

is this sufficient to grow my plants?

 

[travis simonson]

It should do the job for most low-light plants. You may have some issues with plants requiring higher light levels, but T-5 bulbs (even normal output T-5s) are pretty efficient on the lumens/watt produced. Let us know how things go.

 

[Zezmo]

Java Moss, and Java Fern should do ok in that light. An Anubias if it is attached to wood and closer to the surface.

 

[kangarooooooooo]

my Plants:
cryptocoryne undulata
anacharis
philippine java fern
anubias nana barteri
monosolenium tenerum
weeping moss
vallisneria spiralis
hygrophila polysperma
alternanthera reineckii

 

[kangarooooooooo]

i already see a difference since i had set up the new lights yesterday..
all of my plants seem to be reaching for the sky and seem perkier