AquamaniacUK
Member
Hi
I am about to purchase my first signature tank.
The tank i am ordering is a TMC signature 60 (60x45x30 cm ) aprox. 80 litres.
What i am not sure is about lighting for this tank. So here is the planned setup.
Tank : TMC signature 60 (60x45x30 cm ) aprox. 80 litres.
Filter: Fluval 305
Heater: Hydor 200 watts external heater
CO2 : pressurized with solenoid and difuser from co2 art
Circulation pump or wavemaker to be added to increase flow.
Twinstar to be added.
I am designing this setup so that it it can be a proper aquascaping setup. And i hope to build a setup that can cope with keeping any plant,easy or hard as it's quite an investment and i hope to use it in years to come.
Back to the lighting i am thinking of going for the TMC growbeam 1500 ultima tiles. And i plan to eventually suspend this one with a iquatics universal suspension kit.
Questions:
- Is one of these tiles enough for this tank? Or is two better?
- I also want to be able to dimm the unit, i like to experiment and today i might want to go for hig-light and tomorrow i might want to go for a low-light system, or just to dimm it to control algae. Basically i want a system that's versatile to suit my needs. Do i need a controller for this or is there a dimmer from TMC to do the job?
- I am more inclined to get the controller the problem is that the 2-way controller only supports one tile, leaving the much more expensive 8 way controller as the only solution if i want to get two tiles. Is this correct?
- I also heard that when dimmed this units can be quite noisy? is this really a problem?
I am a bit confused with about the lighting.
I am currently using a Wavepoint 16 watts LED unit on a 40 litre tank, and the fact i cannot dimm or control this unit has proved to be a problem, so i really want a unit that i can easily adapt to my needs, even if that costs a bit more time a money to get.
I am about to purchase my first signature tank.
The tank i am ordering is a TMC signature 60 (60x45x30 cm ) aprox. 80 litres.
What i am not sure is about lighting for this tank. So here is the planned setup.
Tank : TMC signature 60 (60x45x30 cm ) aprox. 80 litres.
Filter: Fluval 305
Heater: Hydor 200 watts external heater
CO2 : pressurized with solenoid and difuser from co2 art
Circulation pump or wavemaker to be added to increase flow.
Twinstar to be added.
I am designing this setup so that it it can be a proper aquascaping setup. And i hope to build a setup that can cope with keeping any plant,easy or hard as it's quite an investment and i hope to use it in years to come.
Back to the lighting i am thinking of going for the TMC growbeam 1500 ultima tiles. And i plan to eventually suspend this one with a iquatics universal suspension kit.
Questions:
- Is one of these tiles enough for this tank? Or is two better?
- I also want to be able to dimm the unit, i like to experiment and today i might want to go for hig-light and tomorrow i might want to go for a low-light system, or just to dimm it to control algae. Basically i want a system that's versatile to suit my needs. Do i need a controller for this or is there a dimmer from TMC to do the job?
- I am more inclined to get the controller the problem is that the 2-way controller only supports one tile, leaving the much more expensive 8 way controller as the only solution if i want to get two tiles. Is this correct?
- I also heard that when dimmed this units can be quite noisy? is this really a problem?
I am a bit confused with about the lighting.
I am currently using a Wavepoint 16 watts LED unit on a 40 litre tank, and the fact i cannot dimm or control this unit has proved to be a problem, so i really want a unit that i can easily adapt to my needs, even if that costs a bit more time a money to get.