10 Gallon Hood/Light
Ric, I don’t know what prompts you to suggest that 3 wpg is too much for a 10 gallon (12″ high) tank, any more than it is for a 15 gallon (long) or a 20 gallon (long), also 12″ high tanks. This is the universally recommended wattage for such tanks and has been for the last 60 years or more — it has always worked for me, with never having an algae problem.
Of course, if your parameters, maintenance procedures and general aquarium conditions vary substantially from the norm, you well may have problems and can expect them. However, if you have the tank normally aqua-scaped with live plants, keep an eye on any excess nutrients and maintain the lighting duration to that only required by the plants (in an area that is not subjected to a southern exposure — read: direct sunlight), you’ll have a tank of nice lush plant growth with no problems of an algae nature — and while flourite and laterite and all those other new innovations may help, they are not essential. Neither is CO2 injection required unless you’re trying to grow those more “exotic” types of plants (including those newer reddish varieties) which would benefit from these enrichments of their environment. Ray
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