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princessinabsentia Hobbyist Posts: 135 Kudos: 81 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004   | i know this is a stupid quiestion but how do you figure that out? i've looked on my light boxes and cant see anything that says that. me |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:54 |     |
fish1   Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004  | it should say something like 12w thats the watts to figure out watts per gallon you put in your tank gallons example if 12w was on a 6gallon it would have 2watts for each gallon. |
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AndyCLS  Fish Addict Posts: 590 Kudos: 1584 Votes: 107 Registered: 13-Mar-2003 | Total wattage of your fluorescent lights, divided by the number of gallons. For example, I have a 130W light fixture on my 29G. That is 130W / 29G = ~4.5 wpg |
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| princessinabsentia Hobbyist Posts: 135 Kudos: 81 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004 | ah ok... now i feel stupid... must be the blonde  lol ty me |
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