06-09-2009, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: south eastern pa
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there is really no wpg rule on terrariums... the wpg on fish tanks is a flop and should be changed anyway... to truly find your light you should use a par meter... there are other meters you could use for uv light also that are helpful... can anyone remember what they're called?
here is the thing... no 2 lights are the same... even from the same package therefore using wattage is just not reliable... i have seen threads where people were discussing wpg and tom barr referenced takashi amanos tanks using ada (his own line) lighting. apparently his lights are real good due to the spectrums they produce, but they put out around half the lumens of other similar lights at the bottom of the tank... so of course takashi is an advocate of very high wattage, but he has the money to buy the more expensive stuff and run twice the wattage as other people for the same result... but anyway wpg is just not reliable consider metal halide vs. cfl vs. t5... for the same lumens we are talking very different wattages... VERY different!
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