Lighting Timer

[Tropicalmatt]

My tank Is 48x18x12 and has quite a few plants in that are very healthy and seem to be growing alright
I have one 36" 30watt and is a t8 (25mm) if I remember correctly
The bulb is a tropical daylight
I was wondering how long should my light be on for per day and if it is the correct bulb, wattage, length etc?

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Your plants will tell you if its ok or not, so long as they are growing and healthy it should be fine. Photo periods are norm 8-10 hours max in planted set ups.

 

[Tropicalmatt]

Cool cheers mate
One plant snapped off the other day and it started to root again already
I'm guna buy a plug in timer and set it for 8hours
And thinking of introducing a Hagen co2 yeast setup too

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Tank is too small for that mate, go with pressurised or look in the diy co2 thread at the top of the ferts,co2,flow & lighting section for the 2L bottles version.

 

[Tropicalmatt]

Yeah been looking
Going for bottle version
Could I defuse it with a regular air stone?
Great help mate

Was thinking of using a few smaller airstones spread evenly in the tank to keep co2 levels even

 

[Ps3Steveo]

So long as you have good flow only one diffuser is needed mate, I'd go with any diffuser that doesn't require high working pressure.

 

[Tropicalmatt]

Ah right
Going for a 2litre bottle, with a small airstone for now
See how it works,
My filter Is a fluval u4 with the agitation on, so plenty flow and air

 

[Ps3Steveo]

Take the airation off as it will loose CO2.