Light in the algae tank.

Courtney

Good afternoon. What type of light do you have in your algae tank (T5, energy-saving, halogen, LED diodes, etc.), how many watts, how many hours a day does it work, and why exactly that way? Thank you for your opinion.

Vanessa6144

The question was asked in the "General Questions" section of the Marine Forum. Therefore, an algae scrubber is a filter section (often in a sump) where higher algae (often Chaetomorpha or Caulerpa) grow to export nitrates and partially phosphates from the marine aquarium. Regarding the topic, I have a 70W MH spotlight. The bulb is 4200K from a construction market. The light goes out for 4 hours with the main aquarium light turning on in the morning. And most importantly, almost no plants are growing. They are wilting and rotting. Although there are both nitrates and phosphates. I also changed the bulb to a 10K from BLV. And I tried everything - it doesn't matter.

Adam4310

This is part of the sump where algae grow, in case you didn't see it, the marine aquaristics section.

Brandy

BISLAVA, unique! Let them know that we don't grow algae and there is light too )) Guys, I cleaned everything up after myself!

Tracy4603

I have a 65W energy-saving bulb at 6500K. It shines for 10 hours a day. Once a week, I weed the chaetomorpha.

Theresa5149

Don't corner the leading agronomists who are fighting against algae.

Wendy8540

Practically the same. With the addition of 20W in Glo. All of this also shines on the heteromorph, which is satisfied. I completely forgot, there is also Caulerpa prolifera there. It is also satisfied.

Angela

Still, it is not plants, but higher (or thalloid) algae; do not add confusion to people's minds.

Brandon9634

I fixed it.

David2398

Currently, I have a U-shaped Soviet lamp LBU-30 watt in my algae tank, which I found in the shed from the 80s. It was used to illuminate freshwater tanks, and plants grew beautifully under it. At the moment, Batriochondria (red) is thriving under it, while Chaetomorpha is doing a bit worse. It shines 24 hours a day. Before that, I had various energy-saving bulbs of 28-36 watts at 6400K, but the results were not as good; the plants didn't survive longer than 3 months, likely due to humidity. The excess algae are fed to the fox and surgeonfish. I would like to find more of these lamps.

Jessica5016

I installed a 1 * 36W PL for myself. At first, I had a 840, but later I replaced it with an 830. The Heteranthera is growing rather sluggishly, and sometimes it doesn't grow at all. There is space in the fixture for another 36W lamp, but I'm not sure if it makes sense to add it.

John3335

20W under r7s for an area of 25*25 cm - chaetomorpha grows slowly and is heavily covered with filamentous algae. There is no growth at depth. In the aquarium, caulerpa is also growing slowly.

Eric5208

3x36 watt PLC. 2x4000K, 1x6500K. Area 0.5x0.5 m. The algae are growing like crazy.

Jeremy8404

Do you have that much? Or is it too much, or do you have a problem?

Eric5208

So much. 108 watts. No Sber. I'm not complaining about the light yet. There will be a lot; I can turn on 36 or 72 watts to choose from.

Carrie1606

I think it makes sense to set 6500 K, and it's not necessarily required to have another one; most likely, one will be enough.

Brian

Why 6500? Green plants respond more to the red spectrum. Although it’s worth trying. Area 40*27. What was the reasoning behind choosing such power?

Christopher8654

1. Hetamorph loves strong light. 2. Power reserve. 3. The lamp turned out to be convenient.