janky
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've been reading up a lot lately on planted tanks and the light requirements but I have to be honest I'm pretty lost.
Sorry if any of these are dumb questions.
I want to set up a fairly heavily planted 10 g with some carpeting (moss? Baby tears?), a couple "tall" plants on the sides (swords?), and some bushier plants (crypts?) throughout the middle. Open to suggestions here..
I've seen a lot of great tanks on here, but I still don't get what I need for lights.
I have a standard hood with an aqueon T8 bulb in it now, I'm fairly confident it's not a plant spectrum bulb (red/blues) of any sort.
I think T5 HO would be way too expensive/overkill for a 10 g.
The sticky recommends "PC" bulbs, but I'm not sure what those are... I'm guessing I'd need a new ballast/hood for those?
I've seen some people using bulbs from Lowe's/Home depot and some using fancy LED's that auto switch from plant spectrum to moonlight on timers.
I'm just so lost here... what to do??!?
If I can piece together stuff from craigslist/amazon/home depot that'd be great because I'm pretty cheap and don't want to spend a fortune on lighting!
What would you guys recommend?
Sorry if any of these are dumb questions.
I want to set up a fairly heavily planted 10 g with some carpeting (moss? Baby tears?), a couple "tall" plants on the sides (swords?), and some bushier plants (crypts?) throughout the middle. Open to suggestions here..
I've seen a lot of great tanks on here, but I still don't get what I need for lights.
I have a standard hood with an aqueon T8 bulb in it now, I'm fairly confident it's not a plant spectrum bulb (red/blues) of any sort.
I think T5 HO would be way too expensive/overkill for a 10 g.
The sticky recommends "PC" bulbs, but I'm not sure what those are... I'm guessing I'd need a new ballast/hood for those?
I've seen some people using bulbs from Lowe's/Home depot and some using fancy LED's that auto switch from plant spectrum to moonlight on timers.
I'm just so lost here... what to do??!?
If I can piece together stuff from craigslist/amazon/home depot that'd be great because I'm pretty cheap and don't want to spend a fortune on lighting!
What would you guys recommend?