karl1987
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- 14 May 2008
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About to rescape my tank. Its a juwel rio 240. Been using sodastream bottles on it for over a year now, but its costing a fortune and getting a fire extinguisher isnt an option unfortunately.
Bought myself an interpet tri spec led lighting unit for the tank a few days ago which im about to fit when i rescape.
My main worry is that the unit will be too bright and will require me to continue using pressurised co2 which ideally I dont want to do. The daylight leds are as followed - 14 x 3w 6500k white leds and 5 x 2w red leds, giving a total of 52w.
Heres a link to a photo I took on my tablet regarding the units par ratings on the box -
https://postimg.org/image/b4lgklwav/
The light unit will be roughly 45 cm above the top of the substrate giving my a par of roughly 42 based on that.
Pretty much all the plants will be easy to keep such as rotala rotundifolia and crypts. So do reckon I willl still require pressurised co2 or could I get away with just liquid carbon without running into algae issues?
Thanks
Bought myself an interpet tri spec led lighting unit for the tank a few days ago which im about to fit when i rescape.
My main worry is that the unit will be too bright and will require me to continue using pressurised co2 which ideally I dont want to do. The daylight leds are as followed - 14 x 3w 6500k white leds and 5 x 2w red leds, giving a total of 52w.
Heres a link to a photo I took on my tablet regarding the units par ratings on the box -
https://postimg.org/image/b4lgklwav/
The light unit will be roughly 45 cm above the top of the substrate giving my a par of roughly 42 based on that.
Pretty much all the plants will be easy to keep such as rotala rotundifolia and crypts. So do reckon I willl still require pressurised co2 or could I get away with just liquid carbon without running into algae issues?
Thanks