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dmastin · 07-04-2009, 05:24 PM

Folks talk about watts per gallon and you need more for plants (there's a whole lighting subsection on this forum).
There are many possibilities.
For a quick fix I'd get a glass canopy and put a Coralife F/W T-5 Aqualight Double Strip Light-48" on it. That would give you closer to 1 watt per gallon, which is not much, but a start. It also depends on the kind of plants you have.

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dmastin Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 152 iTrader Ratings: 2 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 13900	Re: Pure Noob. 55 gal - How much light? Folks talk about watts per gallon and you need more for plants (there's a whole lighting subsection on this forum). There are many possibilities. For a quick fix I'd get a glass canopy and put a Coralife F/W T-5 Aqualight Double Strip Light-48" on it. That would give you closer to 1 watt per gallon, which is not much, but a start. It also depends on the kind of plants you have.