Setting up a new planted tank for dwarf puffers

[The_Wolfman]

Hey I was wondering, I bought a 28 gallon bow-front aquarium today and purchased a Flora-Glo 15w light to go with it. Is that plenty of light for the plants to flourish in?

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Thats not very good lighting, it's very low. Also there are very few plants that can survive in brackish tanks, also puffers eat plants. I would stay away from live plants and just use the really good looking fake ones.

 

[The_Wolfman]

what would you recommend for a good light? I read that dwarf puffers are purely freshwater unlike figure 8s and green spotted puffers

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Ok, I did make the mistake, they are completely freshwater sorry. Hahahaha.

Anyways. You most likely want a low-tech setup since that's always easiest. You will want to aim for around 50W of lighting. That's between low and medium. You can grow quite a bit in a low light aquarium, just slow.

Here is a list of plants you can grow under low light
PlantGeek.net - Plant Guide

 

[The_Wolfman]

haha its all good and thanks for the info...i checked out that link, im glad theres quite a few options to choose from i was defiantly going to get some java fern and some java moss so im glad to see those require low light lol

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Yeah man. There are tons of options so that's always good.

 

[The_Wolfman]

ok so since im going to need around 40w-50w of light what kind of bulb would you recommend? because the light fixture can only hold one bulb and the bulb has to be 18 inches

 

[bluerose]

You may need a different fixture unfortunately, I don't know if you can find a 50w bulb that a 15w fixture could take (power and ballast wise).

 

[The_Wolfman]

thanks! I just talked with a guy at my lfs and he was really informative, hes going to order me in a really good light fixture