will this be enough light

Church · 11-05-2009, 07:01 PM

Yeah, heavily-stocked with various algae.

**skiboarder72** · 11-05-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Church

Yeah, heavily-stocked with various algae.

Maybe there is a market for it though... I haven't seen anyone try to sell bags of algae on the swap section. Maybe your on to something

Church · 11-05-2009, 07:17 PM

Actually, I think I remember seeing someone trying to sell greenwater, as food for fry or something like that. Did I imagine that, or did that really happen? LOL at the thought, anyway.

C2C · 11-06-2009, 12:07 AM

green water is good for corals not so much fry

Church · 11-06-2009, 12:14 AM

That's not true, actually, as greenwater is very good food for many types of fry. From invertebrates to some kinds of fish.

VadimShevchuk · 11-06-2009, 12:38 AM

i have 1x 65 pc over 29 gallon and i have some algae... cant imagine 65x4 over that tank. I agree with everyone else, You will have an algae farm.

C2C · 11-06-2009, 06:19 AM

right now with just under 2 watts pergallon i just have the film that i wipe off once a week...its not even that bad

**Coltonorr** · 11-06-2009, 03:36 PM

C2C,
that is 2x54w of t5ho over my 90gal.
4x65w PC (using the old and somewhat antiquated "watts per gallon" rule) is is over 4 wpg...way, way, way too much without CO2 and regular dosing.
It is way out of the "low tech" range

Heavily stocked is only going to contribute to the problem.
I have never started a planted tank with fish in it...I generally wait months before adding fish, to let the tank
settle in.

C2C · 11-06-2009, 07:14 PM

hmmm...ok...i can wait
ill just set up the tank and plants
and movethe fish later

11-05-2009, 07:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Church Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,527	Yeah, heavily-stocked with various algae. __________________

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Church Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,527	Actually, I think I remember seeing someone trying to sell greenwater, as food for fry or something like that. Did I imagine that, or did that really happen? LOL at the thought, anyway. __________________

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C2C Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 391	green water is good for corals not so much fry __________________ help my hatch-ling grow please

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Church Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 2,527	That's not true, actually, as greenwater is very good food for many types of fry. From invertebrates to some kinds of fish. __________________

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C2C Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 391	right now with just under 2 watts pergallon i just have the film that i wipe off once a week...its not even that bad __________________ help my hatch-ling grow please

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VadimShevchuk Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cortland NY Posts: 53	i have 1x 65 pc over 29 gallon and i have some algae... cant imagine 65x4 over that tank. I agree with everyone else, You will have an algae farm.

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Coltonorr many plants...little time (View User Tanks) PTrader: (42/100%) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 1,254	C2C, that is 2x54w of t5ho over my 90gal. 4x65w PC (using the old and somewhat antiquated "watts per gallon" rule) is is over 4 wpg...way, way, way too much without CO2 and regular dosing. It is way out of the "low tech" range Heavily stocked is only going to contribute to the problem. I have never started a planted tank with fish in it...I generally wait months before adding fish, to let the tank settle in. __________________ 90 Gallon Tanganyikan Cichlid 54G Bowfront Journal 100G Mineralized Journal 29G Low Tech

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C2C Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 391	hmmm...ok...i can wait ill just set up the tank and plants and movethe fish later __________________ help my hatch-ling grow please

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