MH light for moss tank?

[stormydax]

Hi all,

i have a 5ft juwel tank and am intending to keep mostly moss in it.

Is MH light sufficient? How maany do i need and how many watt? kelvin?

thank you.

yours sincerely,
Storm

[Aquaculture]

MH would be an overkill for moss. It helps but why increase the electricity bill since it doesn't need such high power lighting? Another concern is the water temperature the MH generates.

[Shadow]

of course more than sufficient, or as Aquaculture said over kill unless you have very-very deep tank

[stormydax]

hi...thanks for the update.

Mine is a juwel 5ft tank. Any suggestion for lighting? I want to create amoss only tank...something like the display at Gen x

thank you

yours sincerely,
Storm

[stormydax]

hi,

can i change the juwel lights from Fl to pl?

thanks

[BFG]

Stormydax, where is the new Gen-X lfs located now?

[stormydax]

hi, i am not sure where it is located!I am writing in reference to the old location (marine parade).

any suggestions on the possibilities of changing juwel lights from FL to PL?

[Shadow]

if you are talking about changing the bulb only, then cannot.

[hii]

moss do not need highlight, guess the current FL come with Juwel should be sufficient. Why bother to waste $$ changing lighting system.

If you intend to use MH than you have to hang it about 45-50cm from water surface, keep the temparature at about 27C is good enough. Of course lower temperatre will produce nicer and fat moss.

[bossteck]

Is your current light set enclosed within an aquarium hood? (Sorry, not very familiar with Juwell tanks)

If so, you might want to consider getting rid of the hood and replacing the FL with a PL lightset, those that sit on top of the tank. Hood tends to trap heat, mosses prefer cooler water.

[stormydax]

mine is with the hood thats why i am thinking of chaning. I am wondering if FL can reach the bottom of the tank as am intending to have moss floor

[Aquaculture]

Light requirement for moss is minimum. I guess that FL should be ok but I may be wrong as I've not use FL light before.