Hi.
I'm a newbie on the site and looking for some advice. I'll soon be setting up my first large planted tank. It will be custom built 5x2x2ft with a wooden hood. I'm looking at lighting it with 2x double T5 HO units (maybe with reflectors). I'm new to all of this and I've been looking at these
http://www.warehouse-aquatics.co.uk/t5- ... -2543.html
Are they T5 HO? (I hope they are as they are cheaper than Lfs suggested and would mean that I can hopefully afford Eco complete substrate instead of manado).
Will 4 x 54w give me enough light for medium light plants? I believe the tank is about 425l with about 75l of substrate so realistically less than 350l of usable tank to be lit.
I hope you'll forgive me if this is a dumb question. All of my other tanks came with lighting pre-fitted.
Thanks
I'm a newbie on the site and looking for some advice. I'll soon be setting up my first large planted tank. It will be custom built 5x2x2ft with a wooden hood. I'm looking at lighting it with 2x double T5 HO units (maybe with reflectors). I'm new to all of this and I've been looking at these
http://www.warehouse-aquatics.co.uk/t5- ... -2543.html
Are they T5 HO? (I hope they are as they are cheaper than Lfs suggested and would mean that I can hopefully afford Eco complete substrate instead of manado).
Will 4 x 54w give me enough light for medium light plants? I believe the tank is about 425l with about 75l of substrate so realistically less than 350l of usable tank to be lit.
I hope you'll forgive me if this is a dumb question. All of my other tanks came with lighting pre-fitted.
Thanks