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Its been a while since I've been on the forum due to school and a heater fiasco, but my tank is finally back to regular and I am in the mood to change some things around in my 29gal.
I want to build my own hood and am wondering about lighting. How many watts per gallon can I use and maintain a low tech tank, can I go up to 2w/g with out co2? I have a t5 regular (not ho) but running that and a diy co2 setup was to much work for me, and things got out of control fast. I only want to dose once (maybe twice) a week with no co2, unless its flourish excel or something.
So if I mount the t5 higher from the water surface will that reduce/eliminate the amount of algae growth? I think I have a 30watt florescent light ballast in my basement I could use instead of the t5, or if worst comes to worse I could find something to run the cfls.
Sorry for the long question just trying to weight out my options, just trying to keep the cost as low as possible.
I want to build my own hood and am wondering about lighting. How many watts per gallon can I use and maintain a low tech tank, can I go up to 2w/g with out co2? I have a t5 regular (not ho) but running that and a diy co2 setup was to much work for me, and things got out of control fast. I only want to dose once (maybe twice) a week with no co2, unless its flourish excel or something.
So if I mount the t5 higher from the water surface will that reduce/eliminate the amount of algae growth? I think I have a 30watt florescent light ballast in my basement I could use instead of the t5, or if worst comes to worse I could find something to run the cfls.
Sorry for the long question just trying to weight out my options, just trying to keep the cost as low as possible.