PurpleKoolaid85
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hello all,
I just set up my 29 gallon 2 weeks ago - currently only have standard gravel and some driftwood. I want to grow live plants and will need to upgrade lighting. I know I do not want to get into CO2, and am open to a wide range of plants. I would like to get close to as much lighting as I can without getting into CO2.
From reading other threads, it seems as if I could get a 2x24 T5HO and not get into CO2. However, I get the impression that this is on the low lighting end. I did see this fixture on eBay 24" -30" T5 HO Aquarium Light Hood Freshwater Plant 96W | eBay. This seems to leave a lot of options as I could run 2x24 OR 4X24, it has moonlighting LEDs, and four separate power cords.
Please excuse my noobness, but here are some questions:
1) Would I need to get into CO2 if I ran all four bulbs? What about just two?
2) Am I ok to use just standard gravel?
3) As far as fertilizers go, the impression I got was that I would just be dropping in a supplement from a bottle?
4) Is there a better option out there that I may be missing?
I just set up my 29 gallon 2 weeks ago - currently only have standard gravel and some driftwood. I want to grow live plants and will need to upgrade lighting. I know I do not want to get into CO2, and am open to a wide range of plants. I would like to get close to as much lighting as I can without getting into CO2.
From reading other threads, it seems as if I could get a 2x24 T5HO and not get into CO2. However, I get the impression that this is on the low lighting end. I did see this fixture on eBay 24" -30" T5 HO Aquarium Light Hood Freshwater Plant 96W | eBay. This seems to leave a lot of options as I could run 2x24 OR 4X24, it has moonlighting LEDs, and four separate power cords.
Please excuse my noobness, but here are some questions:
1) Would I need to get into CO2 if I ran all four bulbs? What about just two?
2) Am I ok to use just standard gravel?
3) As far as fertilizers go, the impression I got was that I would just be dropping in a supplement from a bottle?
4) Is there a better option out there that I may be missing?