Do I Have Enough Light?

[Geoff1991]

Hi, i have a 60L tank with some Amazon swords, ludwigia, vallis and a marimo ball. Is my 15w light enough?

 

[Colin_T]

how tall is the tank?
how long is the light on for?
what sort of 15watt light is it, Ie: compact fluoro, normal T8 fluoro, etc?

 

[Geoff1991]

the tank is like 30-35cm tall

Lights on from 2pm-12am on a timer.

Not sure about what type of light

 

[Colin_T]

I'm not sure what the Marimo ball is but the others should be fine. They won't grow super fast but they should grow. You could also increase the lighting period by a bit if they don't do as well.
You can have the lights on for up to 16hours per day. Keep the lights on for your current time and see how they do. Then increase or decrease it depending on how the algae grows.

 

[tom_os]

marimo ball is a moss ball i believe

 

[three-fingers]

Or rather, an algae ball. Thrives in low light, does best with some flow over it though. If it does well, it will spread IME. It's quite a nice slow growing algae that gives a kinda carpet affect though.

 

[Colin_T]

That's a nice looking shrimp you have in your avatar three-fingers

 

[three-fingers]

Why tank you . Barely have any cherry shrimp left anymore now though *shakes fist at Macrobrachium*. Need to get more soon.

That's a nice fish in your avatar, species? Looks happy .

 

[Colin_T]

that's a picture of me