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Hi
building an acrylic algae turf scrubber and was wondering if 2 x 600w led grow lights would be enough? They’re 310mm x 210mm in size and 6000k is that enough to grow algae?
Duzzy
No to be honest I’ve started researching today and typed in full spectrum grow lights that "looked" similar to those used on the professional scrubbers. And grow surface no bigger that 250mm x 300mmAre those wishful watts or actual watts (cheap lamps will be massively overstated in actual output and input)? Is your algae scrubber about 20ft X 20ft?
Hence why I asked. I googled grow lights and chose similar looki lights to the scrubbers you buy.NOt sure how big your grow area is, but I think that much wattage is going to burn the weed (algae) onto the growing material? If you have the light, give it a try, especially if you can dial back the wattage.
I used 60 incandescent bulbs to grow algae before, 600 seems like a lot of power.
How about something like this https://www.lightinthebox.com/p/1-2...MIytfN892ZgQMVmFN9Ch1dnAuPEAQYDSABEgKIk_D_BwEAre those wishful watts or actual watts (cheap lamps will be massively overstated in actual output and input)? Is your algae scrubber about 20ft X 20ft?