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Old 06-17-2008, 05:18 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Default Re: My plants look kind of leggy and wimpy. What is wrong?

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Originally Posted by ryzilla View Post
Being leggy with spaced out nodes would meen your light is a little low. Screw in flourecents at 4wpg is not enough for those higher light plants in a 10g. If you got an AHS 36w kit that would be plenty of light becasue of the great reflector they have and the lower restrike then the spirals you are using.

Screw-ins have a ton of restrike and I would go as far to say you probably are putting medium amounts of light into your tank. Either upgrade the size of the lamp or upgrade your fixture to a pin compact.
I bought a 2x24 W t5. I know there will be some light overspill, but the wattage will still be more. Plus there s no restrike!
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