spilzer
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi everyone,
So I've been lurking for a while now, reading up on all the techniques, suggestions, etc. for starting a planted tank. But it's been a little hard for me to apply all the theoretical knowledge to my specific tank so I figured I'd post here and ask a few pointed questions.
Basically my current situation is that I have a 29 gal FW that I want to convert to planted. It's had a few plants (two swords and an anubis) but it is decidedly not planted.
So far here is what I have been considering:
At any rate, I'm excited to learn more about going planted and how I might be able to make my tank from blah to awesome! Any suggestions are more than welcome.
So I've been lurking for a while now, reading up on all the techniques, suggestions, etc. for starting a planted tank. But it's been a little hard for me to apply all the theoretical knowledge to my specific tank so I figured I'd post here and ask a few pointed questions.
Basically my current situation is that I have a 29 gal FW that I want to convert to planted. It's had a few plants (two swords and an anubis) but it is decidedly not planted.
So far here is what I have been considering:
- I want to switch over to 100% ecocomplete instead of the plain ole' gravel I have now.
- I want to upgrade my lighting so that I'll have 2 WPG (I still have the worthless light that came with the tank, time for that sucker to go!) but I'm not exactly sure how to achieve this. I don't really want to get PC but I'm confused about what I can do with NO fluorescent with my tank size. Do I need to get a twin-tube fixture in order to get enough WPG? It seems like the size bulb I can have (24") will only give about 20 watts which doesn't seem like enough.
- I'm contemplating DIY C02 with the 2L soda bottle method.
At any rate, I'm excited to learn more about going planted and how I might be able to make my tank from blah to awesome! Any suggestions are more than welcome.