Lighting for my 20 gallon tank.

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liam1995
 
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Lighting for my 20 gallon tank.

by liam1995

I currently have a 20 gallon tank that has regular community fish and about 7 plants e.g bana lillies. It is currently lit by a desk lamp with a flourescent globe. I am getting a lot of brown algae throughout the tank. I read that this is caused by insufficient UV. (I think).

What kind of lighting do i need? I don't understand anything about lighting and my local pet store doesn't stock lighting at all.
I am in Australia and do not have access to all the cool fish shops in the US that everyone talks about. A link to a site where I can buy what I need and some sorely needed advice would be great! Thanks


liam1995
 
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by liam1995

http://www.theaquariumshop.com.au/shope ... &name=Aqua Nova Aluminium Aquarium Light NSL-600

Is this what I need?


DanDman18
 
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by DanDman18

This website seems to have good info on brown algae, Another thing you can try is get an algae eating fish like a pleco. By the way i have no cool fish shops around either.
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/algae.htm

Lighting for my 20 gallon tank.

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