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Hi, I have been reading along for a while and have come up with a plan for the lighting on my tank. Would like some opinions please if this will work:
this is a 29 gal (30" x 12 " and 16" deep - but this includes about 2-4 inches of substrate. Substrate is fluorite under sand and then pebble gravel on top.
current lighting is a 22" T5HO single bulb fixture with a life-glo bulb (24W, 6700K, full spectrum)
From what I have read, this is just not enough light.....so I bought a SECOND one - exactly the same.
I had to build a frame to place on top of the tank since I have a glass canopy and this leaves bout 3 inches clearance btwn the glass and the light.
plants so far are java fern tied to bogwood, some sort of anubias (the tag just said anubias species), 5 onion plants , a borneo sword ( yeah, I do not know what this is either, but this is what the tag said). As an aside, I think I will have to start getting plants online. Our LFS is truly sad when it comes to plants and actually even sells just regular land plants for you to drown in your aquarium.
fish in here are 5 raspora het, 5 brilliant raspora, 1 otto, 1 Cl loach.
Eventually, the loach will go to a bigger tank and 3 more ottos will move in.
Do you think this will work???
Do you think I will boil my fish to death if I put the second light on?
Do I need a CO2 thingie so that my plants won't starve?
I had hoped for a moderate light aquarium, rather than a BRIGHTLY lit tank (hoping to avoid the algae and CO2 issues), so initially did not plan on a CO2 diffuser, but I am not sure if this will work without one.
Thanks, and VERY excited to get my planted tank off the ground (and under the water!)
this is a 29 gal (30" x 12 " and 16" deep - but this includes about 2-4 inches of substrate. Substrate is fluorite under sand and then pebble gravel on top.
current lighting is a 22" T5HO single bulb fixture with a life-glo bulb (24W, 6700K, full spectrum)
From what I have read, this is just not enough light.....so I bought a SECOND one - exactly the same.
I had to build a frame to place on top of the tank since I have a glass canopy and this leaves bout 3 inches clearance btwn the glass and the light.
plants so far are java fern tied to bogwood, some sort of anubias (the tag just said anubias species), 5 onion plants , a borneo sword ( yeah, I do not know what this is either, but this is what the tag said). As an aside, I think I will have to start getting plants online. Our LFS is truly sad when it comes to plants and actually even sells just regular land plants for you to drown in your aquarium.
fish in here are 5 raspora het, 5 brilliant raspora, 1 otto, 1 Cl loach.
Eventually, the loach will go to a bigger tank and 3 more ottos will move in.
Do you think this will work???
Do you think I will boil my fish to death if I put the second light on?
Do I need a CO2 thingie so that my plants won't starve?
I had hoped for a moderate light aquarium, rather than a BRIGHTLY lit tank (hoping to avoid the algae and CO2 issues), so initially did not plan on a CO2 diffuser, but I am not sure if this will work without one.
Thanks, and VERY excited to get my planted tank off the ground (and under the water!)