[LondonDragon]

Hi guys,

Hopefully you can help me with this question, at the moment I have my 30G with 2x18w T8 and 2x24w T5 and I don't think this is enough for the type of plants I want to grow, glosso to cover my gravel etc...

So i purchased a new light unit on ebay with 4x24w T5, it comes with 14.000 kelvin tropical white tubes, should I replace these with something else or will this do just fine?

Also will 4x24w T5 be enough for my tank? its 80cm wide and 50cm deep. Should I try to use my existing 2x24w T5? to make it a total of 6x24w T5??

Going to start dosing "Gregs ferts" recomendation, and use DIY CO2.

Many thanks

 

[mrbelvedere]

4x24 is fine. I'd replace the tubes with a more suitable spectrum.

 

[LondonDragon]

4x24 is fine. I'd replace the tubes with a more suitable spectrum.

Thanks for you comment, what would you recommend?

 

[jaidexl]

somewhere closer to 6700k

 

[LondonDragon]

somewhere closer to 6700k

Thanks, all 4 tubes? or a mixture?

 

[Chrona]

You can do a mixture of 6700's and 10000's. Looks better imo.

 

[LondonDragon]

You can do a mixture of 6700's and 10000's. Looks better imo.

Thanks for that, I think my current tubes are closer to 6700, think one might be 6700 already, need to double check that, then just a case of replacing the tubes.

Thanks for all the help