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begainnerfish

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i have theses lights in but there chinese's look rubbish there ok not the best i would like more colour to the water any 1 idea s and i have live plants in about 9 am going to put another 15 in if that helps

here again the other bulb

where it sits in

the make of it there 25watt
 

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Gav935 said:
Right, no offence, but what exactly are you asking?
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the lights there in the pic are my lights off my fish tank there 25 watt there chineses and i have a planted tank i wanted to upgrade my lights just wanting to no if the 1 s i ve got are good or not and if i could get better 1s which ones and what mods do i need to do thanks
 
begainnerfish said:
Gav935 said:
What size is the tank, CO2, ferts etc...?
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the size of the tank is 130 litres which is 34 uk gallon no co2 just air pump and i feed my plants liquid plant food
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You can grow very tough plants, anubias, java fern, mosses, boltibis, Amazon swords, and cryptocorynes with that lighting level. The growth will be quite slow, but if you have good reflectors and use your liquid plant food, they'll grow. If you want more, then you'll have to consider upgrading your lighting. You can create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above. It just takes patience.

llj
 
lljdma06 said:
begainnerfish said:
Gav935 said:
What size is the tank, CO2, ferts etc...?
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the size of the tank is 130 litres which is 34 uk gallon no co2 just air pump and i feed my plants liquid plant food
Click to expand...

You can grow very tough plants, anubias, java fern, mosses, boltibis, Amazon swords, and cryptocorynes with that lighting level. The growth will be quite slow, but if you have good reflectors and use your liquid plant food, they'll grow. If you want more, then you'll have to consider upgrading your lighting. You can create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above. It just takes patience.

llj
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how do i create more lighting in my tank and different colours in hte water, and what do you mean create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above
 
begainnerfish said:
lljdma06 said:
begainnerfish said:
Gav935 said:
What size is the tank, CO2, ferts etc...?
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the size of the tank is 130 litres which is 34 uk gallon no co2 just air pump and i feed my plants liquid plant food
Click to expand...

You can grow very tough plants, anubias, java fern, mosses, boltibis, Amazon swords, and cryptocorynes with that lighting level. The growth will be quite slow, but if you have good reflectors and use your liquid plant food, they'll grow. If you want more, then you'll have to consider upgrading your lighting. You can create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above. It just takes patience.

llj
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how do i create more lighting in my tank and different colours in hte water, and what do you mean create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above
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You can create a lush scape with just the plants I mentioned if you chose not to upgrade your lighting. As for different colors in the water, what do you mean by that, the plants or the lights?

llj
 
lljdma06 said:
begainnerfish said:
lljdma06 said:
begainnerfish said:
Gav935 said:
What size is the tank, CO2, ferts etc...?
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the size of the tank is 130 litres which is 34 uk gallon no co2 just air pump and i feed my plants liquid plant food
Click to expand...

You can grow very tough plants, anubias, java fern, mosses, boltibis, Amazon swords, and cryptocorynes with that lighting level. The growth will be quite slow, but if you have good reflectors and use your liquid plant food, they'll grow. If you want more, then you'll have to consider upgrading your lighting. You can create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above. It just takes patience.

llj
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how do i create more lighting in my tank and different colours in hte water, and what do you mean create a beautiful, lush scape with just the above
Click to expand...

You can create a lush scape with just the plants I mentioned if you chose not to upgrade your lighting. As for different colors in the water, what do you mean by that, the plants or the lights?

llj
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i took one of my bulbs to my lfs and he measured it (btw my lights are chinese make rubbish) and the measurement was 29inch he said chineses rubbish he said i ll order you a 30 inch special 1 for your plants which is a sara 1 dont no if any good has any 1 had theses or got them any way he said they should be here for this friday so i hope its good
 
As for different colors in the water, what do you mean by that, the plants or the lights?


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how do you get the water to go a different blue colour is that by the light becuase i ve seen many tanks with blue lights in and the water is a deep blue ??
 
Moonlights serve no purpose regarding live plants, they are just for decoration really. IMO they look hideous, but thats just my opinion, others members im sure will love them. As for the make sara, ive never heared of them so i cant help you there sorry.
 
Murphee said:
Moonlights serve no purpose regarding live plants, they are just for decoration really. IMO they look hideous, but thats just my opinion, others members im sure will love them. As for the make sara, ive never heared of them so i cant help you there sorry.
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ok thanks very much for your help
 
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