newbietofishes
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Apr 4, 2013
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Do need some help, Ive been reading lots of plant and lighting thread and im no closer to knowing what sort of lighting ive got. Until now ive been re buying plant and throwing out dying plants not realising that I shouldnt have to do that if I buy the right lighting for my plant or vice versa
I want to do it right this time so decided to go with what lighting ive got and get plants to suit that lighting from now now till either I up grade the lighting depending what sort of lighting ive got....
Tank one
Life glo t8
Power glo t8
Tank is 240l
dept from light to bottom of tank is 22 inch there about.
Only thing I use in there for the plants is plantamin and I use it at every water change
Some plants got holes in them
Some are doing great seem to get dark green hair algae
Dont have all the names of the plants in my tank
Echinodorus bleheri
Hygrophila polysperma
Cryptocoryne bullosa
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Ophiopogon gigantea variegata
Cryptocoryne diversen
There is a few more but loss the name tag for them
Tank 2
Power glo t8
120l
Depth from light to gravel is about 17 inches varous stem plants no roots and names unknow but all plant doing well but getting light green hair algae same plant treatment just plantamin scared to add anything else due to shrimps in this tank
Lights on for about 6 hours for both tanks, wc every week 50% both tanks
What I would like to know is
Do I have low or medium lighting
What add on can I have to make growth better, reduce the plant of dying and any other info would benefit please let me know and if you think there better plant treatment that you think would be better than planamin let me know too.
Thanks in advance
I want to do it right this time so decided to go with what lighting ive got and get plants to suit that lighting from now now till either I up grade the lighting depending what sort of lighting ive got....
Tank one
Life glo t8
Power glo t8
Tank is 240l
dept from light to bottom of tank is 22 inch there about.
Only thing I use in there for the plants is plantamin and I use it at every water change
Some plants got holes in them
Some are doing great seem to get dark green hair algae
Dont have all the names of the plants in my tank
Echinodorus bleheri
Hygrophila polysperma
Cryptocoryne bullosa
Heteranthera zosterifolia
Ophiopogon gigantea variegata
Cryptocoryne diversen
There is a few more but loss the name tag for them
Tank 2
Power glo t8
120l
Depth from light to gravel is about 17 inches varous stem plants no roots and names unknow but all plant doing well but getting light green hair algae same plant treatment just plantamin scared to add anything else due to shrimps in this tank
Lights on for about 6 hours for both tanks, wc every week 50% both tanks
What I would like to know is
Do I have low or medium lighting
What add on can I have to make growth better, reduce the plant of dying and any other info would benefit please let me know and if you think there better plant treatment that you think would be better than planamin let me know too.
Thanks in advance