Sorry to jump in, but where can I find the Lumen Rating of my bulbs? I'm having a bit of the same problem mentioned here [brown algae on glass/plants (anubias) and pretty much a halt to my cabomba growth]. I have a dual 48" T5-HO system with a 6700 and a full spectrum "Colormax" (both by Coralife) over my 55G. Finding the wattage has and color temp hasn't been much of a problem, but I have also been told that with T5s the Watts/Gallon rule doesn't apply. I'm hoping the Lumens rating would apply, but I cannot find it on Coralife's/Oceanic's site nor on the bulb packaging. So what does?
Plants I have in the tank are currently 3x Java Ferns, 2x Anubias, about 10-15 stalks of Camboba and 20 or so stalks of Roseafolia. Hoping to add some more this week/end. As of yet I have not started adding ferts or CO2. Though would be more than open to it. I have access to Flourish here at the LFS, and am handy enough to do a DIY CO2 provided I can find an adequate glass diffuser around here somewhere, or fashion a suitable one myself. Substrate is your standard Tahitian Moon Black Sand by Carribsea, none of this fancy dancy flourite stuff.
PS - As a note, I use way too many /s in my posts. Probably a few many ()s as well.
PPS - I need to make an avatar.
PPPS - Excessive use of post-scripts.
Plants I have in the tank are currently 3x Java Ferns, 2x Anubias, about 10-15 stalks of Camboba and 20 or so stalks of Roseafolia. Hoping to add some more this week/end. As of yet I have not started adding ferts or CO2. Though would be more than open to it. I have access to Flourish here at the LFS, and am handy enough to do a DIY CO2 provided I can find an adequate glass diffuser around here somewhere, or fashion a suitable one myself. Substrate is your standard Tahitian Moon Black Sand by Carribsea, none of this fancy dancy flourite stuff.
PS - As a note, I use way too many /s in my posts. Probably a few many ()s as well.
PPS - I need to make an avatar.
PPPS - Excessive use of post-scripts.