Sooo.. can you go overkill on plants? =/

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Packages from Mg came in today, and being to total and utter novice to aquascaping I was very excited.

Just a note to first time gardeners/handlers of plants... it sucks BADLY the first time. =D To me, the tank currently looks like a monstrosity but I'm hoping in time I'll figure out what to do with things. I attached everything with rubber bands across the middle of the rhizomes so that the rhizomes would keep contact with the light.

Any suggestions? Current lighting is a Hagen T5HO dual light ficture with a LifeGlo(6700k) bulb and PowerGlo(18000k) Bulb

















 
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debaric said:
i think it looks coool, not sure how well your plants will like the 18,000 K light though.
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Whether it'll be used at all or whether it will harm them? I originally got it to make the fish colors pop a bit more with the blues.... I wasn;t able to find anything in the 10k range
 
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I think the setup is awesome. Definitely different. I think shrimp would look really cool in there and you'd be able to have a ton. The only drawback at all is the rubberbands and they will be removed eventually when everything roots. When they do, it will look so cool. Very interesting scaping.
 
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i kinda enjoy the jungle look. i cant seem to make my tank look like takashi amano's no matter how hard i try

nice first attempt. and you have a lot of plants to start with. once they start filling in its really going to look nice with driftwood and rock peeping out between the plants
 
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thanks for the positive posts. Aside from how things are 'scaped' as I literally just threw it in there as I got it rubber banded I'm worried about it becoming an expensive salad bar. I think I'm gonna end up chancing it and seeing how things go. I really want to keep some escondido and gt's and thought I'd be ok with anubias and java ferns.... Worst comes to worst the fish end up as store credit I suppose.
 
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FL CommunityFan said:
Whether it'll be used at all or whether it will harm them? I originally got it to make the fish colors pop a bit more with the blues.... I wasn;t able to find anything in the 10k range
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It certainly wont harm them however 18000k is lopsided in the color spectrum in that the plants will be using mostly blue side of it. I think the bluer end of the spectrum would look great in a planted tank but im just not sure that youll get the same growth as you would from a bulb in the 5000-10000 range.
There isnt anything you cant find on the net if you search around.
 
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could have used black sewing thread in stead of the rubber bands
 
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