lighting

[u4ria80]

hi i'm a newbie to planted tank, need to seek advice frm the xperts here bout lighting, what types of lamp and what watt is best for a 2ft tank. currently i have mini riccia, glosso, java moss and christmas moss in my tank.pls advice tks

[PeterGwee]

Normal white FL or PC should do the job....spend more of your money on a good pressurised CO2 system instead.

[tawauboy]

normal white light or daylight tubes will do.
about 72watts of lighting should be sufficient.
with this amount of light, make sure that there are sufficient co2 and nutrients.

[CT]

For the mini ricca and glosso, you will need quite a high amt of lighting. mi currently using 1 36w PL and 1 15w FL on my 2 ft tank with glosso. Everything seem ok at the moment.

[chua]

2.5 to 3w/gal for low lighting plants. Above 3w/gal for high lighting plant. Gloss is a high lighting plant. If not enough, they become leggy.