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Hi, I'm in the process of setting up a 300L rimless aquarium as an Amazon biotope. I plan to aquascape it like the bank of a river in the Amazon - lots of wood / roots, botanicals, blackwater, and only a moderate to light amount of planting.
I was originally holding out for the release of the Aqua Illumination Blade Freshwater, but frustratingly, it only comes in silver / white, which will look jarring in our living room given the walls are dark and the cabinet is black.
I was therefore thinking of a Fluval 3.0 plant, but i'm open to other ideas. I am not a huge fan of the dappling effect you get from more point-sourced LED lights so would prefer a bar style. I would also like to elevate it a bit as there will be some emergent plants and bogwood so one flush to the aquarium rim won't work that well. Finally, I really want a light you can control via an app and set night / day cycles etc.
On the planting side, I'm thinking a peace lilly and pothos as emergent species (maybe a monstera or umbrella sedge too, but don't want to overdo it) and then some echinodorus, nymphaea lotus (in the absence of any readily available native S. American lotuses), possibly some hygrophilia, possibly some myriophylum or limnophila, and some eleocharis motevidensis.
Suggestions welcome on the light (and indeed planting) front!
Thanks.
I was originally holding out for the release of the Aqua Illumination Blade Freshwater, but frustratingly, it only comes in silver / white, which will look jarring in our living room given the walls are dark and the cabinet is black.
I was therefore thinking of a Fluval 3.0 plant, but i'm open to other ideas. I am not a huge fan of the dappling effect you get from more point-sourced LED lights so would prefer a bar style. I would also like to elevate it a bit as there will be some emergent plants and bogwood so one flush to the aquarium rim won't work that well. Finally, I really want a light you can control via an app and set night / day cycles etc.
On the planting side, I'm thinking a peace lilly and pothos as emergent species (maybe a monstera or umbrella sedge too, but don't want to overdo it) and then some echinodorus, nymphaea lotus (in the absence of any readily available native S. American lotuses), possibly some hygrophilia, possibly some myriophylum or limnophila, and some eleocharis motevidensis.
Suggestions welcome on the light (and indeed planting) front!
Thanks.
