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Light structure reccomendations?

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Currently I am running stock lights on my long aquarium (48in).

I am getting a really low wattage from the lights I have now. It seems as though I have 36 total watts output right now on a 50 gallon tank. I heard somewhere that you need at least 2 watts per gallon to grow most plants. Many of my plants have withered away already.

:grin2:TIME TO UPGRADE!:grin2:

Any reccomendations? I suppose, doing the math, I will need at least 100 watts glaring down on this baby. Is that all I have to search for while buying?

I posted this before and got people reccomending LED over t-8? Any reccomendations for specific builds?

Bump: http://www.petmountain.com/product/aquarium-t5-light-fixtures/11442-522693/coralife-coralife-aqualight-high-output-t5-dual-lamp-fixture.html?utm_source=googleproductads&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CJPX-baBiNACFc1ZhgodFuEAAw


Would these do the trick? I want to grow a jungle!

Bump: http://www.petmountain.com/product/aquarium-t5-light-fixtures/11442-522693/coralife-coralife-aqualight-high-output-t5-dual-lamp-fixture.html?utm_source=googleproductads&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CJPX-baBiNACFc1ZhgodFuEAAw

Would these do the trick? I want to grow a jungle!

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Corallife is one of the least efficient t5 fixtures:


Barring any more scientific measurements, and depending on width and depth of the tank look at 50w of LED.
due to the directional nature of the diodes, design is less influential than w/ tubes..
48" 5row .5w LED would do..

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