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BryceM · 12-04-2006, 04:10 PM

I second Hoppy's feelings regarding 40g tanks. I use about 180 watts of spiral compact flourescents with virtually no reflector over my 46g tank. Real CF's with actual reflectors work certainly much better. Still, I get excellent growth in R. vietnam, Blyxa. japonica, HC, and L. 'cuba'.

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BryceM Administrator Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Central Idaho, USA Posts: 4,330 iTrader Ratings: 42 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points:	I second Hoppy's feelings regarding 40g tanks. I use about 180 watts of spiral compact flourescents with virtually no reflector over my 46g tank. Real CF's with actual reflectors work certainly much better. Still, I get excellent growth in R. vietnam, Blyxa. japonica, HC, and L. 'cuba'.