Changing To T5 Lighting

[BlueFox]

Hello guys,

I have a 120x50x70 Rena tank. It's quite heavily planted but I feel it needs more intense lighting. I have recently obtained a batch of Riccia Fluitans that I am hoping I can get to carpet and pearl. However, because my tank is 70cm deep, I don't think that my current 4 x 30W T8's are sufficient.

I have been looking at the Arcadia T5 I-Bar. Does anyone here have any experience of these? Will they fit correctly to my tank?

Also, and please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but will I need to puchase 2 of these (4 tubes) or would one suffice?

Do I only use the Plant Pro tubes or can I mix them with the white/blue tubes?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[john starkey]

Hello guys,

I have a 120x50x70 Rena tank. It's quite heavily planted but I feel it needs more intense lighting. I have recently obtained a batch of Riccia Fluitans that I am hoping I can get to carpet and pearl. However, because my tank is 70cm deep, I don't think that my current 4 x 30W T8's are sufficient.

I have been looking at the Arcadia T5 I-Bar. Does anyone here have any experience of these? Will they fit correctly to my tank?

Also, and please forgive me if this is a stupid question, but will I need to puchase 2 of these (4 tubes) or would one suffice?

Do I only use the Plant Pro tubes or can I mix them with the white/blue tubes?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Hi there, i have a arcadia luminaire above my 5x2x2 set up with 4 T5 plant pros, my plants are all doing really well so i personally would recomend one, my total watts is 216 thats 4 54w tubes which is considered high lighting regards john