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kor4ever · 03-25-2003, 05:09 AM

To tell you guys why I went with 5wpg, I was reading Erik Olsen's article: Lighting Level: What's ideal? and he says, "For the smallest sizes, 8 watts per gallon is too little! For the larger tanks above 100 gallons, 2 watts per gallon is too much. " So using a wattage estimator for lighting in Amano type aquaria, I concluded I needed around 90 watts.

Here are the pages:

Erik Olsen's Article:
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Tech/Lighting/

Wattage Estimator:
http://www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.html

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on these articles are?

Thanks for all the help,
Felix

03-25-2003, 05:09 AM	#10
kor4ever Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Madison,WI Posts: 158	To tell you guys why I went with 5wpg, I was reading Erik Olsen's article: Lighting Level: What's ideal? and he says, "For the smallest sizes, 8 watts per gallon is too little! For the larger tanks above 100 gallons, 2 watts per gallon is too much. " So using a wattage estimator for lighting in Amano type aquaria, I concluded I needed around 90 watts. Here are the pages: Erik Olsen's Article: http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Tech/Lighting/ Wattage Estimator: http://www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.html Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on these articles are? Thanks for all the help, Felix __________________ 20G heavily planted tank with Eco Complete Pressurized CO2, Eheim Ecco 2236, 1 55W and 1 36W bulb