I've had this aquarium for several years keeping cichlids, plecos, corys, and some eel thing that just recently ate too many feeders and suffocated.
I recently moved and adopted out all of my fish to start from scratch. The gravel, filters and such are all "cycled" as I guess you would say.
So I got this puppy up and running again and have decided to make it more natural. At my wife's insistence I put a couple "bright happy fish" in it (mollies) while I figure out what I want to do.
I've removed all plastic and artificial decoration and added some driftwood I found and some plants from the pet store.
As i am very new to this, it's all pretty much trial and error. I've successfully kept many different fish, but fish and plants is a bit more difficult it would seem.
My darn plants aren't doing very well!
Lighting lighting lighting.......???
Are the t5 or high output lights absolutely necessary?
I picked up a couple long tubular plant growing bulbs for my regular fixtures. 2 18" bulbs, one at either end. And one 24" bulb running the length. The aquarium appears to be well lit and the bulbs promise to hit the needed spectrums. I'm also dosing
with excel and flourish .... WTF? Will these bad bears ever grow up to be big strong plants?
Water circulation..... I put in a powerhead when the plants closest to my filter seemed to be doing better. How does water circulation affect plant growth?
I guess I don't have much of a green thumb... Any suggestions??
I recently moved and adopted out all of my fish to start from scratch. The gravel, filters and such are all "cycled" as I guess you would say.
So I got this puppy up and running again and have decided to make it more natural. At my wife's insistence I put a couple "bright happy fish" in it (mollies) while I figure out what I want to do.
I've removed all plastic and artificial decoration and added some driftwood I found and some plants from the pet store.
As i am very new to this, it's all pretty much trial and error. I've successfully kept many different fish, but fish and plants is a bit more difficult it would seem.
My darn plants aren't doing very well!
Lighting lighting lighting.......???
Are the t5 or high output lights absolutely necessary?
I picked up a couple long tubular plant growing bulbs for my regular fixtures. 2 18" bulbs, one at either end. And one 24" bulb running the length. The aquarium appears to be well lit and the bulbs promise to hit the needed spectrums. I'm also dosing
with excel and flourish .... WTF? Will these bad bears ever grow up to be big strong plants?
Water circulation..... I put in a powerhead when the plants closest to my filter seemed to be doing better. How does water circulation affect plant growth?
I guess I don't have much of a green thumb... Any suggestions??
