zpayne10 Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Hi all! My new tank is almost here, and it'll be coming with two (2) of the Fluval Plant 3.0 lights (very excited!). I've looked at other posts around the 3.0 light and schedules, but wanted to ask a specific question with the dimensions of my tank. Does anyone have schedules they find work well? The tank is 22" high, 35" long, 22" deep and the lights will sit just a few inches above the water (it's how the Fluval kit is designed). I plant to heavily plant the aquarium, with probably 85% coverage on day 1. I also plan to dose the liquid fert NilocG Thrive 1x a week for now. From the videos I've seen, some of the preset light settings look pretty good, but they ramp up to 100%. I know I'll get some algae to start, but wondering how to find a happy medium to get plant growth without too much algae. The plants won't be anything with high demand - crypts, rotala, anubias, ferns, etc. Thanks in advance for what people suggest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theplatymaster Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 I would look in the community resources tab. There is a whole thread there about this very topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 My 3.0 sits on top of my versa top and is about 21" to substrate. I use Bentleys day sim, below is a link to a spread sheet where you can dial up or down the output percentage. I typically keep mine at 35 to 38 percent. Below is a graph of his DaySim settings, Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 You also might want to post this in the 3.0 thread, there you will find lots of help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpayne10 Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 9:22 AM, JoeQ said: My 3.0 sits on top of my versa top and is about 21" to substrate. I use Bentleys day sim, below is a link to a spread sheet where you can dial up or down the output percentage. I typically keep mine at 35 to 38 percent. Below is a graph of his DaySim settings, Hope this helps! Do you feel this lights up the tank adequately and you get good plant growth? 38% seems so low, but I also haven't seen the light in action so it might be plenty bright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeQ Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Yes, the light schedule is also on for 14hours. If I had the intensity higher I'd cut down on hours which im not willing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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