hubbahubbahehe

Hi all, I am wondering if anyone owns a truvu 300 gallon tank dimensions

8 feet x 2 feet wide x 2.5 feet tall (very high)

I'm wondering how I should light it and how many watts I should use.


Thanks for your time.

gnatster

Really depends on what you want to house in there, but if it were mine, 4 x 150 MH

hubbahubbahehe

hi gnatster, thank you for helping. I'm housing


baby tears,
crypts
swords
glosso
java fern
rotala
ludwigia
bacopa

ShaneSmith

How will you plant it?

hubbahubbahehe

glosso, baby tears, hairgrass, e tennellus, riccia in the front

anubias nana behind it.

crypts behind that

the rest in the back along with crypt balansae.

gpodio

5 32W T8 tubes on either side should light it up nicely. I think anything in the 1-2WPG for this size tank would work nicely (at water surface level). Metal Halide would probably be my preference however, using pendants you could probably get away with 3 pendants in the 175-250W range. Cost would be very similar to CFs if you can build the pendant or similar housing for them yourself.

Hope that helps
Giancarlo Podio

ShaneSmith

Sorry, how will you reach down? When i am planting a tank about 30 inches high i have to get up on a ladder, yours is larger than that.

hubbahubbahehe

mine is 30 inches. it's 8 ft x 2 ft x 30 inches tall

nice idea on the ladder

fishfry

I would say Metal Halide is the way to go for a tank that deep...