fertz!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fishkeeper88]

try a big trash can or rubbermade with a heater and airstone. watch the heater closly

 

[Fishkeeper88]

make sure to rins them with dechlorinated water and make sure they are fish freindly

 

[abrahamavelar]

Ok i was thinkin maybe I could do that when I move the tank to the future fish room

 

[meegosh]

Really I thought my lights were ok n good enough, im also running a light that came with it that I think its 32 watts

You have 108 watts of T5HO over a 75g, that would put you at ~1.5wpg of T5HO light. That would put you in the medium light range. You can keep quite a few different types of plants but in order to get the nice reds/pinks out of stems plants, for example, you would need higher light and probably some type of dosing.

 

[abrahamavelar]

Ohhhhh ok om also runnin diy co2

 

[abrahamavelar]

See this is where I got confused cuz I got my t5 right on the rim amd.according to this chart it saus that I was good

 

[meegosh]

That chart is referring to the light intensity, not watts per gallon. Don't get me wrong, you can grow a very wide variety of plants. I was just saying you might have problems with some higher light plants.

I'd recommend reading Crepe's writeup that he did a while back. It really explains all the different types of lighting very well.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f24/lighting-guide-for-a-planted-tank-141782.html

 

[abrahamavelar]

ok im gonna read it right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 thx =)

 

[abrahamavelar]

ok i read it and its very interesting but i got confused in theis sections:


As a rule of thumb:

1wpg T5HO -> low to medium low light (sitting on the top of the tank)
1-2wpg -> medium light (Elevated above the tank)
2-3 wpg -> medium high light to high light (Elevated above the tank)
3+ wpg -> very high light and algae and CO2 fest. (Elevated above the tank)

now i dont have the light elevated its right on the rim of the tank

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Important: WPG doesn't work the same way on really small tanks and really large tanks. The ratio of lumens: sq. in. cause discrepancies in WPG. Generally you want more WPG on a really small tank (1-10 gallons) than would normally be required. While a very large tank will reach high light with less WPG. Considering I have little experience with really large tanks someone else can shine some light on this.


this got me confused the most