mitche8359
Aquarium Advice Addict
First off, I need a new hood for the tank ASAP. The Perfecto hood that I had has cracked and keeps falling into the tank, just the lid part. Plus the starter has gone out on the other hood, I have two hoods for the 55 gallon.
I want to get some low light plants, like java moss. It's been suggested that 1 watt per gallon is enough. The hoods have 2 bulbs at 15 watts which is 30 watts, a far cry from the 55 watt minimum.
I can't find any information on the highest watt bulb that I can put in these hoods. The bulbs are 18". I looked at the lfs and they only have different temperature 18" bulbs with the wattage all being 15 watts. I found a new 48" hood that I thought would solve my problem. That hood only holds one 48" bulb. The highest watt bulb I could find was a 40 watt bulb which gets me nowhere. Once again the packaging didn't state the highest watt bulb that the fixture could handle.
1. Does anyone know the highest watt bulbs that these fictures can handle? I could look on the ballast but that means taking apart the light and since I'm in a lazy mood....
2. For those of you that have 2+ watts per gallon, how are you lighting the tank? Is there another brand of hoods? Build your own? I'm thinking of building my own hood/canopy but would rather wait until late winter when it warms up a little.
I looked around on the web and can't find another manufacturer of hoods.
I want to get some low light plants, like java moss. It's been suggested that 1 watt per gallon is enough. The hoods have 2 bulbs at 15 watts which is 30 watts, a far cry from the 55 watt minimum.
I can't find any information on the highest watt bulb that I can put in these hoods. The bulbs are 18". I looked at the lfs and they only have different temperature 18" bulbs with the wattage all being 15 watts. I found a new 48" hood that I thought would solve my problem. That hood only holds one 48" bulb. The highest watt bulb I could find was a 40 watt bulb which gets me nowhere. Once again the packaging didn't state the highest watt bulb that the fixture could handle.
1. Does anyone know the highest watt bulbs that these fictures can handle? I could look on the ballast but that means taking apart the light and since I'm in a lazy mood....
2. For those of you that have 2+ watts per gallon, how are you lighting the tank? Is there another brand of hoods? Build your own? I'm thinking of building my own hood/canopy but would rather wait until late winter when it warms up a little.
I looked around on the web and can't find another manufacturer of hoods.