Lighting Efficiency Coefficient by Steve Pushak

[bossteck]

Hi,

Happen to see this article, not sure if it has been posted, the link below is to a pdf file, the article I wish to discuss is the 3rd one.

http://www.fishopolis.com/vahc/dnloa...newsletter.pdf

I can't say I understand much of the article, but there's one paragraph that caught my eye.

"For those people who wish to grow primarily Crypts &
Anubias this information should be highly useful! With
the insight from the numbers that I cranked out for y'all,
it should be obvious that ideal Crypt illumination is
around 0.3 watts/gallon. I should think that this might
come as something of an epiphany. At 2 wpg, 2/3 or
more of the light is not being utilized by the Crypts however
Cyanobacteria can make use of all of it."

If this is really the case, it's great news for all the crypts lovers here... no need to spend so much on electrical bills. Haha.

But seriously anyone read the article? Care to share your views on it?

[Betta Almighty]

what does WPG stabds for?

[|squee|]

WPG = Watts per Gallon