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Side lighting the tank

clonitza

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Just started my experiment by keeping on the background light 2x24w t5s during the photoperiod (indirect light bouncing from the white wall, the unit is placed slightly below the tank level). Anyone into this?

After a week I can say that my rotalas near the back glass are pinkish but crawling on the glass like ivy. :)
Glosso developed well, mostly because of them I wanted side lighting as they were always shaded by other plants.

Cheers,
Mike
 
My tank is back lit, difficult to explain & even more difficult to photograph but I have two T5s with reflectors over the tank & one without a reflector about 150mm behind the tank.
The tank is set 600mm away from the house wall & sloping ceiling.

tanklight-1.jpg
 
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