How many watts per gallon fo you have?

[Covey]

348 watts for 75G =4.64 wpg using T-5's.

Probaly too much... he he

 

[dkle]

Wow! I have only 3x250 DE MH plus 2x80 T5 on a 210g --> 4.3 wpg

 

[THEPHISHGUY]

1 X 400w 14k
2 X 36w PC ACTINIC

OVER A

30 Gallon Cube

=

15.3 wpg:smokin:

 

[wakefreak33]

16.25 W/G over a 40g breeder

2 x 250w 10,000k, 2 x 75w VHO Actinic

 

[Satori]

All of these diverse responses (3.75 to 15.8) help to show that watts per gallon is a poor "rule of thumb" for lighting.

 

[Covey]

I think this thread is going to end up showing how pointless WPG comparsions are. Not PAR, spectrum, photo period or anything that matters.

 

[Carman34L]

I have 10.77 watts per gallon

 

[jobob]

yea WPG is pointless but what the hell....175w mh-10k, 2x75vho actinic=325w. thats 11.21wpg. and 2x175w mh and 4x65w pc actinic=610w thats 11.01wpg.

 

[SPStoner]

3x250w DE (1x20K XM and 2x14K Phoenix) in PFO pendants
4x75w VHO actinics
1050 watts over a 120 gal cube (36x33x24)

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[dondavidday]

7.16 W/P/G 640W VHO, 2 250W DE 10k, 1 150W DE 10k
oh, and 13 watts of power compact on my refugium!

 

[reefgeek84]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6828222#post6828222 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MSM
All of these diverse responses (3.75 to 15.8) help to show that watts per gallon is a poor "rule of thumb" for lighting.

Ok, piont well taken.

 

[Wiskey]

2 250W XM 10K and 110W pc atinic, all over a 50 gallon tank. 12.2 W/G

Whiskey

 

[SunnyX]

As many have stated before, dont get hung up on the whole WPG thing, its more about intensity and spread.

I run 2x250W XM10K in Lumenarc III"s with 420W VHO over my 225gl.
That puts me at 4 WPG.
But Im sure I could have the same growth with out my VHO's so you could say I can have a WPG of 2.2.

 

[RichConley]

250W DE over 58 gal, so 4.3wpg.


WPG is retarded.

 

[dkh0331]

3 - 250W MH, 3-65WPC over my 72" X 19" X 19" tank - 110 gallons so FWIW that is 945W and 8.59WPG

I didn't include the moonlight.


David

 

[reefgeek84]

Ok WPG is pointless. I have decided to go with the aqua medic 250w set up with a 15k bulb.