restarting my planted tanks

[kashif314]

It's getting there:

Beautiful. Great work. Keep us posted.

 

[AngelErinn]

Wow - NICE! I bet YOU can help me - have a 92 gal freshwater tank, w/mostly angels. Want to add a bunch more plants (not as many as you have, as I have 8 angels, who I want to grow). Ordered new LED "plant" hood & assume I need Co2. Looking @ 2 that Foster/Smith have & wondering what else I will need (besides of course, the CO2 can. Can you advise? THANKS

 

[rkilling1]

Wow - NICE! I bet YOU can help me - have a 92 gal freshwater tank, w/mostly angels. Want to add a bunch more plants (not as many as you have, as I have 8 angels, who I want to grow). Ordered new LED "plant" hood & assume I need Co2. Looking @ 2 that Foster/Smith have & wondering what else I will need (besides of course, the CO2 can. Can you advise? THANKS

Which light is it? how deep is the tank?

 

[AngelErinn]

It's 23" deep. Getting a "36 Inch Finnex Planted 24/7 Automated Remote LED Fixture" thru Amazon. (Tank is a bow front corner tank, so top is only 37" across, thus largest (longest) one I could get)...

Up all night w/sick dog, so did a bunch of research last night, & am now thinking I don't need the CO2, do you concur?

 

[rkilling1]

It's 23" deep. Getting a "36 Inch Finnex Planted 24/7 Automated Remote LED Fixture" thru Amazon. (Tank is a bow front corner tank, so top is only 37" across, thus largest (longest) one I could get)...

Up all night w/sick dog, so did a bunch of research last night, & am now thinking I don't need the CO2, do you concur?

Many years ago, lightings levels vs ferts vs co2 could be difficult to gauge. Now a days with LEDs, it's almost impossible (for me at least).

What I can say: That light fixture is almost 1/2 the wattage as mine. 35.8w vs 60w.

Your tank is also deeper than mine. CO2 may or not be required, but CO2 always helps.

 

[AngelErinn]

Jeez, no kidding - I made a TON of notes, & still don't totally get it!

OMG though, got the new fixture today; it is so cool! Makes everything look so "crisp" and clear, plus has a ton of fun options.

Thinking I will leave things as is for now & see if the few plants I do have, start to look much better (half are kinda yellow/have some of the Flourish stuff on it's way)...

If they're not looking much better within a few weeks, thinking I'll just get another LED fixture; this one was only like, $129. THANKS for your help; your tanks are amazing!!

 

[AngelErinn]

It's the pest again...

I'm such a newbie, not sure if my post went thru, so I'll ask 1 more time: Do you think adding 1 more LED fixture will help/increase wattage?

Having a hard time trying to compare regular lights vs LED lights, especially trying to determine wattage. THANKS AGAIN