I'm completely new at this. I've been lighting my 75 with 2x40W fluorescents, which is woefully inadequate. My plants are almost all native from marginal habitats here in the South, and they need high light. Nearly all would grow wild in less than 2 feet of water in otherwise direct sun, and I now have them 2 feet deep in a room with essentially no sunlight.
In the current lighting the only long term survivors have been some ceratophyllum, valliseneria and anacharis, plus a couple emergent species that have put leaves above the surface, and a bit of java moss I couldn't resist. The val isn't doing very well, and I have some other plants I'd like to use but they just keep dying.
I'm looking at a couple options, but I know very little about it. Choices I am considering:
http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/product_info.php?cPath=71_136&products_id=1423
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=13733 (the 48" one)
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=16770
In the current lighting the only long term survivors have been some ceratophyllum, valliseneria and anacharis, plus a couple emergent species that have put leaves above the surface, and a bit of java moss I couldn't resist. The val isn't doing very well, and I have some other plants I'd like to use but they just keep dying.
I'm looking at a couple options, but I know very little about it. Choices I am considering:
http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/product_info.php?cPath=71_136&products_id=1423
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=13733 (the 48" one)
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=16770