Reply With Quote55W PL should be fine for a 2ft tank with 1.5ft height.
hi everyone! this is my first time posting thread in this forum!
may i know, is it too much or high wattage for my moss tank?
keeping java moss and christmas moss.
my tank size is 2ft x 1ft x 1.5ft (18 gallons)
i have my light on for 6-8 hours daily.
sometimes, put 1 co2 tablet.
liquid fertalizer once a week..
ph 7-7.5
sincerely hope someone could guild me. thank you.
-xiaofeng88
55W PL should be fine for a 2ft tank with 1.5ft height.
If I'm not wrong moss plants are not that demanding and can grow in low light. 55W seems to be high 14W to 18W should be fine.
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Use seachem excel instead of Co2 tablets and no point supplying it 'sometimes' only.
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I agree with Bryan, CO2 tablets are recipe for algae growth as the CO2 fluctuate too much. You can use a 36w light, but since you are 55, no point changing it, just make sure you have a small fan to cool down the water.
i see. thanks brother! =)
i do understand that, moss plant do not need much light.. but 14 to 18w would it be to dull for plant to grow? =) thanks.Originally Posted by pantalonko
hi pal! my current setup, using a sunon fan. 55w pl lighting.. on about 6- 8 hours. 28degrees C.
fertilzar once a week. may i know is it to much for the light?
i see, i will change it to secheam excel. thanks in a million..
Nope should be OK. Your setup sounds fine. if you have algae growth, just throw in some floating plants to soak up excess nutrients for the moment.
hi pal, should i reduced the timing from 6-8hrs to 4-6hrs? pls advise, thanks alot! =)
No, do not do that. It is very tempting to correlate a ratio with timing with power wattage, but there is a limit to that from my own experience. You best stick 6 to 8 hours, the main reason is that all living things still have a bio clock tweak to sunrise and sunset. I would just let the tank get more dense in plant growth to soak up more nutrients if you are worried about algae, as simple as that. Get a pair of nerite snails to clean your tank if you are worried.
thanks pal! i will heed ur advice! =)
did not have any issue with my 2ft tank that is running 14W T5 flourescent which I used to run T8 18W before. Cheers.
I guess 55W for a 2 ft comes to about 3wpg. That's good for a regular planted tank with a considerable amount of plants. I'm not sure but it sounds like it might be a little too much light for a moss tank if you have alot of fish producing a lot of nutrients in that tank. I guess it also depends on your fertilising routine and amounts. If all the moss put together are not going to suck up whatever nutrients that it going to be produced/put in, then that's only going to result in algae trouble; and we all know that hair algae in moss is hard to remove.
In short, I'd recommend low light for moss tank. My 2 cents worth.
T5 luminescence level is higher than that of PL, so a lower wattage on a T5 is equivalent to higher wattage on a PL.
Rooster, I had a 2 feet tank fill with moss and I had no problems with the 55w PL lighting. Saying that, my moss growth was a jungle.
I agree that it is possible. It depends on the nutrients in the water as well I guess. I had 2 ft too with 48 W and my moss was growing like crazy.
hi, may i know roughly how much ml of excel did u use for ur 2ft tank?
it was 2 caps of the small bottle per week. If you get the 2 litre bottle, it is 1 cap.
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