Lighting for a Planted Tank!

[carsten]

I was looking at getting a PC fluorescent Lighting fixture for a Planted Discus Tank from A H Supply. They recommended a 4 x 55 Watt setup for my 75 Gallon tank.

My question is this, should I get the 5000k bulbs or the 6700k bulbs?
or maybe a combination of both (2 each)?

Help!?!!

Carsten

The type of lights you need depends on a couple things. 1 the depth of the tank . 2 the the type of plants ( stem plant need more light ). Iwould use a mixture of both . I use compact 5500 and trition lights on my tanks .hope this helps.

[Paulio]

It depends on what you your expectations are and what types of plants you want to grow. You can get away quite a bit cheaper than PC lighting any way you look at it though.

Paul

[carsten]

Thanks for the input. I still have to think about this! :-\

I'll let ya know what I do and how it works...

Carsten