Sauroposeidon
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Oct 26, 2013
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I had an Aqueon T5 dual light fixture on my 20" long, and now I need a new fixture. No, I don't want to talk about it. Maybe it was time for a change anyways, because I've been fancying some of this LED business.
So I've changed my stock plans to an African butterfly fish, bristlenose, and 10 pygmy corydoras, which has caused a change in light requirements, which has caused a change in plant selection.
ABF needs floating plants and low light, and a dark corner of the tank for a lair basically. I'm sure the cories would come out into the open more too if part of the tank was dark.
So plants! Low-med light plants! I like banana plants. They make lilies. Score. I was thinking about frogbit, but I'm not sold just yet.
The driftwood was looking bland, so I attached some old anubias on the underside, so the wood has some contrast against the black background. I have my heart set on anubias petite, whether it goes on the wood or lines a pathway in front of the tank. I don't want grassy, stringy plants for the foreground, and dwarf baby tears ain't gonna grow. I think I want a dark, slow growing moss recommendation, please. Also, any oddball plants.
So the light thing. I need a low light fixture (I think). ABF lair will have coverage. Will the banana plants do okay in low light, considering they are in a shallow tank? Additionally, I want to give the left side of the aquarium a shadow, so possibly a 24" light rather than a 30". I just bought a glass VersaTop and hear heat may crack them. Because of this (and saving money), I'm considering LED. I would like a daylight and moonlight function if possible. What light fixture is this?
Here's a current view of the tank. Yanked the LED light off an Evolv8 for the time being. There's a medium piece of driftwood in the center that is hard to see. Left side is ABF lair, marked by a lonely banana plant. Right side is Pride Rock. (I'd like to think my bristlenose is Simba, cories would be gazelle, and ABF would be Scar, but maybe I'm being weird, I don't know.) I'm pulling the narrow leaf chain sword in the back. I want to keep the tank asymmetrically balanced, so low plants and high plants, especially strange ones - send suggestions my way please.
So I've changed my stock plans to an African butterfly fish, bristlenose, and 10 pygmy corydoras, which has caused a change in light requirements, which has caused a change in plant selection.
ABF needs floating plants and low light, and a dark corner of the tank for a lair basically. I'm sure the cories would come out into the open more too if part of the tank was dark.
So plants! Low-med light plants! I like banana plants. They make lilies. Score. I was thinking about frogbit, but I'm not sold just yet.
The driftwood was looking bland, so I attached some old anubias on the underside, so the wood has some contrast against the black background. I have my heart set on anubias petite, whether it goes on the wood or lines a pathway in front of the tank. I don't want grassy, stringy plants for the foreground, and dwarf baby tears ain't gonna grow. I think I want a dark, slow growing moss recommendation, please. Also, any oddball plants.
So the light thing. I need a low light fixture (I think). ABF lair will have coverage. Will the banana plants do okay in low light, considering they are in a shallow tank? Additionally, I want to give the left side of the aquarium a shadow, so possibly a 24" light rather than a 30". I just bought a glass VersaTop and hear heat may crack them. Because of this (and saving money), I'm considering LED. I would like a daylight and moonlight function if possible. What light fixture is this?
Here's a current view of the tank. Yanked the LED light off an Evolv8 for the time being. There's a medium piece of driftwood in the center that is hard to see. Left side is ABF lair, marked by a lonely banana plant. Right side is Pride Rock. (I'd like to think my bristlenose is Simba, cories would be gazelle, and ABF would be Scar, but maybe I'm being weird, I don't know.) I'm pulling the narrow leaf chain sword in the back. I want to keep the tank asymmetrically balanced, so low plants and high plants, especially strange ones - send suggestions my way please.
