The life of plants and fish in an aquarium is directly dependent on lighting. If it is chosen correctly, then the health of all organisms will be normal. And how to organize competent lighting for your aquarium, what nuances must be taken into account? Everything in order.
Instructions
Step 1
When arranging lighting for an aquarium, do not forget the following important points. Use incandescent and fluorescent lamps for lighting. As for the power, then be guided based on this: 1-1, 2 W / l for incandescent lamps and 0.4 W / l for fluorescent lamps.
Step 2
Incandescent lamps are well suited for many fish and plants, as their light is well absorbed by plants, and it also perfectly enhances the color of fish. However, the efficiency of the lamp is only 5% of the energy (the remaining 95 are converted into heat, that is, if you need to light up a 100 liter aquarium, you will need a 120 W lamp, and do not lean this against the glass. So take an incandescent lamp and place it on top of the aquarium, so that the light penetrates to a depth of about 10 centimeters (no more than 30 cm).
Step 3
Luminescent dumps are more common, four times more efficient than the aforementioned option and three times more economical. In stores, you will find various types of these lamps. When choosing, pay attention to the requirements of the fish and plants living in the aquarium to the spectrum of the emitted light. If you only keep fish in your aquarium, marine invertebrates and plants are not present, then the power of the lamp and the type of light will be decisive factors. If you keep both marine and freshwater plants, then here you must certainly organize the correct lighting, so that it affects the process of photosynthesis.
Step 4
If you set up an aquarium quite recently, then after a couple of months you can draw conclusions about how correctly you chose the lighting for it. To do this, look at plants with an elongated stem. The lighting works well if the leaves of the plants are of normal size and color. If the leaves of the plants are narrow, then the problem may be a lack of nutrition or too bright lighting. Add fertilizer to the aquarium, if there is no change, dim the lighting. Also check the oxygen content of the water. If oxygen saturation at the beginning of daylight hours is at least 5 mg / l, in the evening 8-10 mg / l, then everything is done correctly.
