Marconis
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey guys,
So I've been hunting CL for cheap deals so I can get back in this wonderful hobby, but haven't found much. My girlfriend is giving me a tank back that I gave her (and actually forgot about) over the summer since a heat wave killed her fish and she no longer uses it.
With this, I figured I'd go planted. In the past, I had a 10gal low-light with a couple plants and an airstone. I only went this route because it was cheaper. Well, I hated it...it was probably the most boring, uneventful planted tank I have ever maintained. I blame this on the low-light limitations. Since I am in college and I have yet to get a job again since summer (not sure when I will be getting one), my funds are rather tight. So, I want to get a sort of ball-park figure on what a high-light setup would possibly run me. I already have the tank, filter, heater and a 15W flur strip. The new light and CO2 system would be the only new expenses, I'd imagine. Besides plants and substrate, what else is really needed for a high-light setup? I really want to go this route since there are so many more plants to choose from (or is this a misconception?) and there is faster plant growth. With my low light tank it'd take ages for them to even grow, in fact most of them actually died off.
Thanks!
So I've been hunting CL for cheap deals so I can get back in this wonderful hobby, but haven't found much. My girlfriend is giving me a tank back that I gave her (and actually forgot about) over the summer since a heat wave killed her fish and she no longer uses it.
With this, I figured I'd go planted. In the past, I had a 10gal low-light with a couple plants and an airstone. I only went this route because it was cheaper. Well, I hated it...it was probably the most boring, uneventful planted tank I have ever maintained. I blame this on the low-light limitations. Since I am in college and I have yet to get a job again since summer (not sure when I will be getting one), my funds are rather tight. So, I want to get a sort of ball-park figure on what a high-light setup would possibly run me. I already have the tank, filter, heater and a 15W flur strip. The new light and CO2 system would be the only new expenses, I'd imagine. Besides plants and substrate, what else is really needed for a high-light setup? I really want to go this route since there are so many more plants to choose from (or is this a misconception?) and there is faster plant growth. With my low light tank it'd take ages for them to even grow, in fact most of them actually died off.
Thanks!