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fry  Enthusiast Posts: 243 Kudos: 195 Votes: 3 Registered: 27-Jul-2004   | i was just wondering... |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43 |     |
| boil Enthusiast Posts: 201 Kudos: 420 Votes: 28 Registered: 19-Dec-2003  | well it depends what size tank? and if theres too much u will get an algae problem [span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-08-16 15:32][/span] |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:43 | |
littlemousling      Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003  | If you're providing matching fertilizer, quality substrate, and CO2, you can go pretty high, although the higher the light, the better the chance that some minor change will send the whole thing spiralling into an algae mess. Without CO2, I'd say the highest you'd want to go on most tanks is about 2 wpg, a little higher for small tanks and very large (ie easier to control, more expensive to add CO2 to) ones. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com! |
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