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Sorry if this is the wrong section but I want to make sure the I provide the plants I'm planning on enough light.
I'm planning on Java Moss, Java Fern or Cryptocoryne, Water Wisteria, and Anacharis. If I'm not mistaken the majority of these prefer moderate lighting. So to the best of my understanding lighting is considered as a ratio, Watts divided by the gallon volume of the tank, with plants generally grown between 2 and 5 Watts per Gallon(WpG). So moderate lightly would be around 3.5 WpG, right?
Also I've been looking at LED lighting schemes. I take it that LEDs use a different ratio than florescent bulbs or the LED displays are for fish only tanks since they don't use a whole lot of watts for the light they produce.
One more thing: I've heard about lighting schemes that make use of multiple lights to simulate sunrise, sunset, and the moon. Other than being pretty cool and providing the tank some illumination at night would this do much?
I'm planning on Java Moss, Java Fern or Cryptocoryne, Water Wisteria, and Anacharis. If I'm not mistaken the majority of these prefer moderate lighting. So to the best of my understanding lighting is considered as a ratio, Watts divided by the gallon volume of the tank, with plants generally grown between 2 and 5 Watts per Gallon(WpG). So moderate lightly would be around 3.5 WpG, right?
Also I've been looking at LED lighting schemes. I take it that LEDs use a different ratio than florescent bulbs or the LED displays are for fish only tanks since they don't use a whole lot of watts for the light they produce.
One more thing: I've heard about lighting schemes that make use of multiple lights to simulate sunrise, sunset, and the moon. Other than being pretty cool and providing the tank some illumination at night would this do much?