Tank lighting.

[Aeonflame]

Right now I am using two 48'' T12 GE daylight bulbs on my 70 gallon. My plants are really struggling with this. The thing is, The tank is really really bright. If I add another pair of the same bulbs, would I have a lot of algae issues? or would the plant growth increase enough to combat this? I am using DIY C02.

[rich311k]

That is only about 80 watts. I do not think that double that lighting would be all that hard to control. Be sure to have lots of plants, that is one of the keys to out fighting algae.

[MCHRKiller]

Your tank probably wont appear that much brighter with the additional wattage it will just have a better more even distribution of lighting. And with only a little morethan 2WPG you shouldnt have algae issues and you could always incorporate a split photo period to ensure you dont.