JPA
Aquarium Advice Regular
A few weeks ago I upgraded the lighting in my 40 gallon tank (discus and small schools), which I've had for over a year, from the light that came with the tank (not sure what it is, but I know it wasn't good) to a Solarmax H.O. T5 39Wx2. I followed the advice of the guy at my lfs and replaced the bulbs that came with the light (one 10,000k bulb and one Actinic-03 bulb) with two 6700k daylight bulbs.
While the light is clearly brighter, one of my plants (Amazon Swords) has actually started to show some problems since upgrading (leaves falling, black leaves, turning brown), and several micro-sword plants I bought a couple weeks ago are dying (turning brown, etc.).
In buying the Solarmax I basically blindly followed the advice of the guy at my lfs. So I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help me out with:
1. Is this light any good?
2. Did it make sense to change the 10,000k and Actinic bulbs for the 6,700k bulbs?
3. Could this lighting actually be hurting my plants?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
While the light is clearly brighter, one of my plants (Amazon Swords) has actually started to show some problems since upgrading (leaves falling, black leaves, turning brown), and several micro-sword plants I bought a couple weeks ago are dying (turning brown, etc.).
In buying the Solarmax I basically blindly followed the advice of the guy at my lfs. So I have a few questions I was hoping someone could help me out with:
1. Is this light any good?
2. Did it make sense to change the 10,000k and Actinic bulbs for the 6,700k bulbs?
3. Could this lighting actually be hurting my plants?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.