Hey everyone. Not sure if this goes here but I'm wanting to check and see what you guys think before I go buying stuff tomorrow.
Starting my 55g low tech planted tomorrow. Have a Coralife Compact fluorescent single strip 130 Watt light. I need to replace the original 6700k bulbs that came with it. Water temperature is around 78 degrees. 2 penguin bio wheel 350 filters. I will not be doing Co2 if I can help it due to time and cost. I'll also be picking up a light timer.
Stocking currently is 4 juvenile angels, 4 polka dot loaches, 6 julii Cory cats, 2 German rams, and 15 neon tetras.
Plants I'm wanting are Wisteria, Java Fern, maybe something to start a carpet, and Hornwort or Cambomba. Swords I may start with as well. Is this gonna be a good starter low tech plant list? Any others please recommend. I want the big bushy look.
Last time I had plants they completely failed. I used Flourish excel and Flourish comp. What all Flourish products would you get, and should i get some root tabs as well?
Also, my current bulbs are single row pin 6700k. Will 10k bulbs work in this fixture, and would there be any reason to get those over the 6700? I'll be having lots of questions since my plants did so horrible last time. Thanks!
Pic of my tank for aquascaping ideas!
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Starting my 55g low tech planted tomorrow. Have a Coralife Compact fluorescent single strip 130 Watt light. I need to replace the original 6700k bulbs that came with it. Water temperature is around 78 degrees. 2 penguin bio wheel 350 filters. I will not be doing Co2 if I can help it due to time and cost. I'll also be picking up a light timer.
Stocking currently is 4 juvenile angels, 4 polka dot loaches, 6 julii Cory cats, 2 German rams, and 15 neon tetras.
Plants I'm wanting are Wisteria, Java Fern, maybe something to start a carpet, and Hornwort or Cambomba. Swords I may start with as well. Is this gonna be a good starter low tech plant list? Any others please recommend. I want the big bushy look.
Last time I had plants they completely failed. I used Flourish excel and Flourish comp. What all Flourish products would you get, and should i get some root tabs as well?
Also, my current bulbs are single row pin 6700k. Will 10k bulbs work in this fixture, and would there be any reason to get those over the 6700? I'll be having lots of questions since my plants did so horrible last time. Thanks!
Pic of my tank for aquascaping ideas!
Sent from my SCH-I605 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App