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my wife and i have been working on this tank. while we read a couple books about fish, barely any mention is made of what type plants are best, or most suited for certain tanks, lights or fish.

we have taken a couple plants home, only to kill them. this does not appeal to us.

can someone please direct us to a list of plants that are best suited for 75 gallon frsehwater with 260 watt coralife florescent bulbs.

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dude...
hope this helps just a little? wasamatteru?

that is a great reference, and it helps a ton. THANK YOU !

how would you rate the light i get from a coralife lamp with four 65watt bulbs? high? moderate high? sorry i don't know how it is determined.

thanks again
 
That's a lot of light for not having CO2...algae could become a problem. I've also got 260w over my 75g, but since I don't inject CO2, I only run the front bank of lamps. Once I take the plunge into CO2 injection, I plan to fire up the back lights as well.
 
I would agree that w/o Co2 you're going to run into algae problems with that lighting. Dosing excel with that large of tank would make it difficult to keep carbon levels at a good level. If you really want to keep that lighting I would suggest going with pressurized Co2 and heavier nutrient dosing.
 
thanks everybody.

i turned off half my lights like madcrawdad says he is doing.

the wife gets the plants at our LFS mgamer20o0.

jpappy789, the light was suggested by the freshwater expert at my LFS who knew we wanted a live plant tank. no mention of co2 was ever made. or that they light was so strong it could create algae issues.

learning more every minute.
 
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