[davemonkey]

Other than Alternanthera and "monorrieri" (which I have never kept), you have low-light to medium-light plants. So, you could save some electricity by only using 2 x 65 watt bulbs. Best guess is that you're pushing around 4 - 4.5 Watts per Gallon right now, even with it 4" raised. I have some of the same plants in a same-size tank and have 2.2 Watts per gallon.

 

[davemonkey]

Today while I was painting over at a nursing home, An electrician and I were talking about lighting, and how plants use light. His info was stated as, "during lighting periods, the plants are photosynthesizing but they are mainly creating sugars and such, blah, blah, blah. During the lights out period is when they actually "grow". Is this correct?

Well, plants only photosynthesize (store energy, produce food, release O2) during the day, but they respirate (use food, release energy,) both day and night. So, they do grow during the day.