shamby1135
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2013
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I will start by introducing my question- with- where I want to end up in this project. Any tactical help would be really really appreciated from you fellow experts. I have not bought a single thing, so I am starting fresh here with no limitations.
I consider myself an 'intermediate' freshwater fish keeper (I feel I know the importance of water chemistry, h2o changes, light and co2), but have never devled fully into planted tanks.
My goal is to have a 48" long planted tank with a mated pair of angel fish, and maybe a 2-3 clown loaches or 3 cory's.
I am thinking about a 33 gallon long tank 48 1/4 Long x 12 3/4 Deep x 12 7/8 High, outfitted with a 48" HO5 108W AQLife light and a 'high tech' CO2 tank sytem/diffuser. This gets me to a quite high 3.27 wpg.
Question: Is this tank going to be blasted with too much light with this set up? (I have read that this is the first common mistake in the hobby and leads to hideous algea messes)
Should I go for a 40gal (17" high) or a 55 gal (21" high) with this type of lighting?
Any filter suggestions greatly appreciated as well!
And Thank you!
I consider myself an 'intermediate' freshwater fish keeper (I feel I know the importance of water chemistry, h2o changes, light and co2), but have never devled fully into planted tanks.
My goal is to have a 48" long planted tank with a mated pair of angel fish, and maybe a 2-3 clown loaches or 3 cory's.
I am thinking about a 33 gallon long tank 48 1/4 Long x 12 3/4 Deep x 12 7/8 High, outfitted with a 48" HO5 108W AQLife light and a 'high tech' CO2 tank sytem/diffuser. This gets me to a quite high 3.27 wpg.
Question: Is this tank going to be blasted with too much light with this set up? (I have read that this is the first common mistake in the hobby and leads to hideous algea messes)
Should I go for a 40gal (17" high) or a 55 gal (21" high) with this type of lighting?
Any filter suggestions greatly appreciated as well!
And Thank you!