Instead of making a 90G tank, my parents just accepted to buy a 70G from a friend of the family (48"x18"x18") with 2 glass lids, an AC 110 (just added an AC70 for the other end of the tank) and a light fixture for a 29G (~30" or so) for $250.
The tank will be house some schools of smaller tetras, a school of 6 cories, a lone krib, maybe a pair of rams, a school of 6 otos and various plants (Elodeas, Sagittarias, Echinodorus, etc).
I'll be looking into getting some of the other products of Seachem for fertilizers and a DIY CO2 (maybe 3 bottles changing the mixture of one every weeks, ie. change mixture every 3 weeks). I just got two bags of Playsand from Superstore around here and will be using it to provide about 2.5" of substrate.
I also have some root tabs and putting in some Malaysian Trumpet Snails to help in preventing the accumulation of H2S in the sand, while supplementing with the weekly turning over of the sand after performing the weekly partial water changes on this tank.
Anyways, would it be sufficient to get two of the 48" fixtures that they sell at Home Depot, Rona, or any other stores for lighting for a lowlight planted tank? They will have two light bulbs (32 - 40 W each bulb) on each fixture. I'll probably be purchasing the Daylight Deluxe (6500K colour temperature) T12 fluorescent bulbs for a 48" fixture manufactured by Philips (most probably).
The tank will be house some schools of smaller tetras, a school of 6 cories, a lone krib, maybe a pair of rams, a school of 6 otos and various plants (Elodeas, Sagittarias, Echinodorus, etc).
I'll be looking into getting some of the other products of Seachem for fertilizers and a DIY CO2 (maybe 3 bottles changing the mixture of one every weeks, ie. change mixture every 3 weeks). I just got two bags of Playsand from Superstore around here and will be using it to provide about 2.5" of substrate.
I also have some root tabs and putting in some Malaysian Trumpet Snails to help in preventing the accumulation of H2S in the sand, while supplementing with the weekly turning over of the sand after performing the weekly partial water changes on this tank.
Anyways, would it be sufficient to get two of the 48" fixtures that they sell at Home Depot, Rona, or any other stores for lighting for a lowlight planted tank? They will have two light bulbs (32 - 40 W each bulb) on each fixture. I'll probably be purchasing the Daylight Deluxe (6500K colour temperature) T12 fluorescent bulbs for a 48" fixture manufactured by Philips (most probably).
). With that, I can grow medium-light plants easy.
... like the one about building my own 90G => 48"Lx24"Wx18"H, where they say that it might leak and such, therefore buying a 70G became the best way of getting a larger tank).