will this be enough light

[C2C]

will 4x65watt pc lights be enough for vals, cryps, microswords and dwarf sag in a 60 gallon tank

[jjp2]

Too much light. 2x65 will be more than enough.

[Coltonorr]

Agree with jjp2, thats an awful lot of light.

[urbguy]

what kind of light fixture do you have?

[skiboarder72]

Sounds perfect! just leave half of it turned off at all times

[C2C]

pc=powercompact
what if i wanted to do higher light plants
in the future

[C2C]

why is it too much...what happens if i havetoo much light

[octopus44]

I have the same exact amount of light on my 75 gallon with great results.

Do you have pressurized CO2? If not then that is certainly too much light.

Also, if those are the only plants you are going to have in there than you don't need that much light, but I assume that you are going to have others as well.

[Coltonorr]

Originally Posted by C2C

why is it too much...what happens if i havetoo much light

I would say without CO2 injection and routine dosing of ferts...you may have an algae farm.
Does the fixture have 2 switches so you can run to bulbs at a time?
If so, you could use 2 bulbs as a burst, or keep them off until you decide to grow high light plants.

[C2C]

i probably will not have CO2 to start with and i will only be dosing Plant Grow and Excel maybe even K. maybe african cichlid buffer to help the vals.

the plan for the tank is to do
easy plants
tanganyikan cichlids
JUST LIKE COLTONORR's tank
saw the lighting on your tank coltonorr how is the growth
including algae...hows that

[Coltonorr]

Originally Posted by C2C

i probably will not have CO2 to start with and i will only be dosing Plant Grow and Excel maybe even K. maybe african cichlid buffer to help the vals.

the plan for the tank is to do
easy plants
tanganyikan cichlids
JUST LIKE COLTONORR's tank
saw the lighting on your tank coltonorr how is the growth
including algae...hows that

the growth is very, very slow. But I have no algae on plants...none.
I dose excel after water changes...so maybe 2x a month.
I am actually breaking that tank down soon.

[C2C]

Originally Posted by Coltonorr

the growth is very, very slow. But I have no algae on plants...none.
I dose excel after water changes...so maybe 2x a month.
I am actually breaking that tank down soon.

in my 20 long my anubias produce a leaf every 3 weeks an my ferns are always budding off new plants
WHAT WHY?

[Church]

The algae will LOVE you for it, if you get 4 x 65w over that tank and don't add CO2.

[octopus44]

Yup, I agree with everyone else. That much light with no CO2 and the plants you are planing for= algae forest.

[C2C]

even heavily stocked