75 gallon tank help

[Bonne46]

My friend is looking at making his 75 gallon magenese fish tank. He has hang on back filter and going be putting 2 400B filters on it. He has stock lighting. What lighting should he get for low light plants? Can we use his flourseces or make them into a cfl light fixture? Also what all would he really need for it.

 

[Rbishop]

Hmmmm, not sure about the lighting, but if you are talking about putting a jag in that tank, the plants probably will not be there long, IME.

 

[Bonne46]

What's a jag?

 

[Rbishop]

by you saying this..."magenese"... I assumed you meant... http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Cichlid,%20Jaguar.htm

 

[Bonne46]

Yea that's the fish. You think that fish will tear apart the plants?

 

[Rbishop]

yep....for sure

 

[excuzzzeme]

Managuense a.k.a. Jags will eat anything you put it the tank. You will need to do rock or similar. What they don't try to eat they will try to uproot.

I got rid of mine for that very reason. You need to think very hard about keeping jags. It will need to be a species only tank.

 

[Bonne46]

Ok thanks! It is in its seperate tank, I personally think the 75g is small for it cause its so big!