Anubias Nana Requirements

[Valyrian]

Will anubias nana do ok in a 10 gallon with 1.5 WPG and some seachem flourish as fertilizer?

 

[kenneth_kpe]

10 gallons with a 15 watt light you mean thats not 1.5 WPG you could try it but im thinking the algae will break out sooner or later


*btw its not 1.5 WPG because the watts per gallon insanely breaks down with smaller aquariums but hey anubias species are not that finicky.... just watch out for algae covering the entire plant

 

[JasonPlus]

10 gallons with a 15 watt light you mean thats not 1.5 WPG you could try it but im thinking the algae will break out sooner or later


*btw its not 1.5 WPG because the watts per gallon insanely breaks down with smaller aquariums but hey anubias species are not that finicky.... just watch out for algae covering the entire plant

I understand that smaller tanks need much more lighting than large tanks, but wouldn't 15 watts of light in a 10 gallon tanks still technically be 1.5 Watts/Gallon?

Since thats the same size tank I'll be setting up soon, what would I do to prevent algae growth?

 

[Discomafia]

I understand that smaller tanks need much more lighting than large tanks, but wouldn't 15 watts of light in a 10 gallon tanks still technically be 1.5 Watts/Gallon?

oxymoron...

 

[JasonPlus]

I understand that smaller tanks need much more lighting than large tanks, but wouldn't 15 watts of light in a 10 gallon tanks still technically be 1.5 Watts/Gallon?

oxymoron...

I don't really see how thats an oxymoron.

"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,
O anything of noithng first create!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity,
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep that is not what it is!
This love feel I that feel no love in this."

Those are oxymorons.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

ok pls stop this literature thingies its making my head hurt

yes 15 watts over 10 gallons will not constitute to the ideal 1.5 WPG

il give you a rough lineup on how i understand this....

in my 2.5 gallon nano i have a 23 watt fluorescent lighting tube and i condider its lighting to be somewhat in the area of 2-3 WPG

in my 13 gallon i have almost 95 watts of lighting ! and still i consider it to be somewhere arond 2.5 - 3.5 watts per gallon

but saying i had a 75 gallon aquarium then i would shine only 250 watts of lighting over it and consider it a true 3 WPG... the wpg rule was originally conceptualized for tanks in the above 50 gallons i think

its more of the amount of light shining over an aquarium rather then the WPG, you wouldn't be ablt to grow much in a 1 gallon aquarium with a 4 watt bulb ? thats just too little light intensity

 

[JasonPlus]

I know what your saying Kenneth, its just that the way you explain it is a tad confusing. I found this article a while ago and it is pretty much saying the same thing you are. http/www.fitchfamily.com/lighting.html

 

[Discomafia]

I understand that smaller tanks need much more lighting than large tanks, but wouldn't 15 watts of light in a 10 gallon tanks still technically be 1.5 Watts/Gallon?

But don't you think you're contradicting yourself when you say you understand that smaller tanks need much more lighting than large tanks, then argue that your 10g would still have 1.5wpg... Forget about it being 1.5wpg technically, for plant growing purposes, 1.5wpg in a 10 gallon tank does not equal to 1.5 wpg in a 40 gallon tank...

 

[kenneth_kpe]

sorry hehe i knew it was confusing il brush up on my explaining skills hahaha btw thats a nice link