Light cycle for growing plants in an aquarium?
Hi,
Im setting up an aquarium and I want some easy to keep plants in it.
My aquarium is 40gallons (4ft x 2ft) and currently I have 2 arcadia 42″ ‘original tropical’ lamps which are 38w each. These lamps are apparently good for growing plants but I dont know if I need more powerful bulbs? I just plan on growing some low light plants that dont need a lot of maintanence..
Also how does the light cycle work in a fish tank? How many hours should the tank light be on/off?
Many thanks
I can’t figure out how you have come up with the 40gallon figure. Even though you have only given 2 figures for you tanks dimensions instead of 3 even if the third dimension was 1foot that gives a capacity of 50 gallons.
To work out your lighting requirements depth of water is the most important factor so I can’t say if your lighting is adequate or not
As far as light cycle goes I have lights on 5hours off 2hours on 5hours. The 2 hour ‘rest’ period doesn’t harm my plants but it keeps algae under control
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