Reducing Light

[JordanOsborne]

My 20g long aquarium has 2x24w T5 HO lighting over it and I am having horrible algae problems. I am not supplementing any Co2 and would like to reduce my tank to a low tech - low light aquarium. However, I simply cannot find any lesser lighting solutions online. Where can I buy a single bulb t5 or some t8 lighting? Or how could i reduce the amount of lighting i currently have? My aquarium is open-top and I don't feel comfortable taking one of the light bulbs out of the fixture as water could potentially enter through one of the ends.

How do you guys find lower watt aquarium lighting? I simply cannot find ANY

 

[blesser13]

Get a Hagen Glo T5 High Output 24" Single Light Fixture

 

[RadaR]

Buy two Arc pods from the money you could make by selling the t5 unit.
Alternativly you could get two clip on lights from ebay. They are good but you might need a shaver adapter to use them with UK plug. I've got one and it does really well for my 25litre.

 

[shoulders]

My 20g long aquarium has 2x24w T5 HO lighting over it and I am having horrible algae problems. I am not supplementing any Co2 and would like to reduce my tank to a low tech - low light aquarium. However, I simply cannot find any lesser lighting solutions online. Where can I buy a single bulb t5 or some t8 lighting? Or how could i reduce the amount of lighting i currently have? My aquarium is open-top and I don't feel comfortable taking one of the light bulbs out of the fixture as water could potentially enter through one of the ends.

How do you guys find lower watt aquarium lighting? I simply cannot find ANY

how about adding some floating plants to block out some of the light

 

[minnnt]

My 20g long aquarium has 2x24w T5 HO lighting over it and I am having horrible algae problems. I am not supplementing any Co2 and would like to reduce my tank to a low tech - low light aquarium. However, I simply cannot find any lesser lighting solutions online. Where can I buy a single bulb t5 or some t8 lighting? Or how could i reduce the amount of lighting i currently have? My aquarium is open-top and I don't feel comfortable taking one of the light bulbs out of the fixture as water could potentially enter through one of the ends.

How do you guys find lower watt aquarium lighting? I simply cannot find ANY

how about adding some floating plants to block out some of the light

+1.

Remove any reflectors it may have also. You could replace the bulbs for normal T5's but whether this would make that much of a difference is debateable. The arc pod sollution is good one too!

How long are the lights on for each day? Try and source some baby bristlenoses, these will help also.

 

[JordanOsborne]

It's a hagen glo t5 HO 2x24w and i don't think i can remove the reflector. What exactly is an arc pod? Lights are on for 7 hours per day

 

[minnnt]

The arc pods are lights that just clamp on to the rim of the tank... quite a nice piece of kit really.

 

[JordanOsborne]

oh that sounds excellent, can you link me some that you would recomend? i'm not familiar with a quality brand

 

[minnnt]

Certainly

http/shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=arc+pod&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

[Andeekaii]

I have 2 arcpods which I can sell. I think they're the 11W but I'll have to double check. They're only 6 months old.