Fish load for new 5g tank

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:33:44 +0000 (UTC),
(Richard Sexton) wrote:

In article .com,
Altum wrote:
Are you asking about 5 gallon tanks or Ember Tetras/Mosquito Rasboras?
I've never kept either of those fish but I do run small tanks.

For my 5 gallon tanks in general, about 20-25W of compact fluorescent
light to grow plants,

I'm addressing only the lighting issue here. By convention most people
use "watts per gallon" but I saw an intersting definition recently,
"watts per cubic foot". With "20" being the right number of watts
per cubic foot.

I like it :-)

I've always questioned the watts per gallon rule - it seems to me that
watts per depth of water would make more sense. The watts required for
a twenty high and a twenty long would be the same by the standard
rule, but I think the plants would know the difference and respond, or
not, accordingly.