Thaiboxer
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hi all,
I read Rex's FAQ, and want to run this by you. I'm new to planted tanks, and have a black thumb (I can kill any plant out of water... I'll try my luck in it).
I've been running aquariums for about 18 months with very good luck, and I'm confident on cycling, disease prevention, etc... so my questions here are strictly about the plants. I just got a tall 15 gallon tank for free. I'm planning to use it as a guppy breeder and QT tank if necessary. My questions...
Lighting: It has a hood with an 18" light. I just bought a 15w Nutrigrow light. Is this suitable for plants? The wattage seems low compared to Rex's suggestion. I can run it as many hours a day as I need to.
CO2: I don't want to buy it... at least not yet.
The plant I'm looking at (I'll get the name) is a floater, it's about 3/4" wide and stringy. The guy at the LFS said it's super easy to grow, and that his guppies love it and breed a ton. For now I'm thinking of having short, dense, fake plants on the bottom for the fry to hide in.
Any low cost suggestions? I just blew a ton of $$$ on a new 125 gallon tank, so I can't spend much for a while. If I had a wife, I'd be dead already.
TIA!
I read Rex's FAQ, and want to run this by you. I'm new to planted tanks, and have a black thumb (I can kill any plant out of water... I'll try my luck in it).
I've been running aquariums for about 18 months with very good luck, and I'm confident on cycling, disease prevention, etc... so my questions here are strictly about the plants. I just got a tall 15 gallon tank for free. I'm planning to use it as a guppy breeder and QT tank if necessary. My questions...
Lighting: It has a hood with an 18" light. I just bought a 15w Nutrigrow light. Is this suitable for plants? The wattage seems low compared to Rex's suggestion. I can run it as many hours a day as I need to.
CO2: I don't want to buy it... at least not yet.
The plant I'm looking at (I'll get the name) is a floater, it's about 3/4" wide and stringy. The guy at the LFS said it's super easy to grow, and that his guppies love it and breed a ton. For now I'm thinking of having short, dense, fake plants on the bottom for the fry to hide in.
Any low cost suggestions? I just blew a ton of $$$ on a new 125 gallon tank, so I can't spend much for a while. If I had a wife, I'd be dead already.
TIA!