jrp1588
Aquarium Advice Addict
So I've been wanting to try something different for a while for my 75gal african cichlid tank, frankly I'm bored to tears of those fish. At first I was looking at reef stuff, but my god the cost is insane. lol. I've had a 29gal planted tank running for quite a while now, it's got a 65 watt PC bulb on it putting me at medium-medium high I believe.
So I was thinking of selling off my cichlids and my texas holy rock and my fancy cichlid sand and moving everything from my 29gal to my 75. I'm wanting to go with a high light setup...I may even try to get fancy and toy with pressurized CO2...I've been using a DIY yeast generator running into my cannister to disperse the co2.
For lighting I was looking at this guy here
Catalina Aquarium SOLAR HOOD POWER COMPACT-4 X 65W
It's a 260 watter, putting me at around 3.5wpg. This is considered high for a 75 correct? I've heard the WPG rule gets a little funky with tanks that are very large or very small.
Also, I understand with this tank size and light level DIY yeast generators will no longer cut it. I know very little about pressurized system, where's a good place to find one? (prefferably on the cheap, I'm a college kid after all.)
Umm, what else....ferts, yes. Would this kind of setup require dosing ferts? I currently have eco complete plant substrate in my 30gal. that stuff was crazy expensive so I'm probably going to put as much as I can and fill the rest with a less expensive sand. Would the eco complete cover me on trace elements? Knowing me I'll stock this thing pretty heavily, will I actually have to dose nitrates and such?
Anyway, if you are still reading, you have more patience than I do. Sorry for the novel. haha. thanks guys
So I was thinking of selling off my cichlids and my texas holy rock and my fancy cichlid sand and moving everything from my 29gal to my 75. I'm wanting to go with a high light setup...I may even try to get fancy and toy with pressurized CO2...I've been using a DIY yeast generator running into my cannister to disperse the co2.
For lighting I was looking at this guy here
Catalina Aquarium SOLAR HOOD POWER COMPACT-4 X 65W
It's a 260 watter, putting me at around 3.5wpg. This is considered high for a 75 correct? I've heard the WPG rule gets a little funky with tanks that are very large or very small.
Also, I understand with this tank size and light level DIY yeast generators will no longer cut it. I know very little about pressurized system, where's a good place to find one? (prefferably on the cheap, I'm a college kid after all.)
Umm, what else....ferts, yes. Would this kind of setup require dosing ferts? I currently have eco complete plant substrate in my 30gal. that stuff was crazy expensive so I'm probably going to put as much as I can and fill the rest with a less expensive sand. Would the eco complete cover me on trace elements? Knowing me I'll stock this thing pretty heavily, will I actually have to dose nitrates and such?
Anyway, if you are still reading, you have more patience than I do. Sorry for the novel. haha. thanks guys