Gankutsuou Fish Herder Joined Jul 21, 2006 Messages 1,451 Reaction score 0 Nov 28, 2006 #1 I have a 38 gallon tank heavily planted, and it's using a tank long 17 watt flourecent bulb. Is that good enough? everything seems to be thriving....
I have a 38 gallon tank heavily planted, and it's using a tank long 17 watt flourecent bulb. Is that good enough? everything seems to be thriving....
V voo Fish Herder Joined Jul 22, 2006 Messages 1,072 Reaction score 0 Location Lincolnshire, England Nov 29, 2006 #2 17 Watts sounds like an odd number to me, usually the tubes are either 11 or 18 Watts. Either way it's very low lighting, you should at least have another tube with it.
17 Watts sounds like an odd number to me, usually the tubes are either 11 or 18 Watts. Either way it's very low lighting, you should at least have another tube with it.
Themuleous Fish Connoisseur Joined Jan 13, 2006 Messages 6,130 Reaction score 0 Nov 29, 2006 #3 Id second what Voo said. Sam