New Amano shrimp and Orchid lily

[fishfanatic]

The first picture is of my old Amano shrimp. (My killifish loves the camera) the second picture is one of my 12 new Amano shrimp. The third is of a orchid lily. (Does it look healthy? And do I bury its bulb or leave it on top of the gravel?)

 

[roydooms]

Here is a link about orchid lily.

http://diszhal.info/english/plants/en_Barclaya_longifolia.php

I don't know how to plant orchid lily. Somebody might chime in... The plant doesn't look healthy to me. Read the link, it says that the orchid lily will retreat in development but will bounce back again. Maybe yours is on that stage..

 

[Crepe]

I think you'd plant it as you would any lily. Some guidlines:

Bury the plant crown up, do not bury the crown of the tuber though (the part where the leaves are issuing from.) So basically make sure like 1cm of the bulb or tuber or whatever is showing.

Make sure you don't break the crown off. Broken crown = dead plant (generally).

oh...it's a barclaya. Regardless these rules will work. Make sure you give it a lot of light too.

 

[fishfanatic]

That link helped quite a bit thanks. Any other input would be wonderful. I want this plant to be the happiest plant in the world.

 

[fishfanatic]

I think you'd plant it as you would any lily. Some guidlines:

Bury the plant crown up, do not bury the crown of the tuber though (the part where the leaves are issuing from.) So basically make sure like 1cm of the bulb or tuber or whatever is showing.

Make sure you don't break the crown off. Broken crown = dead plant (generally).

oh...it's a barclaya. Regardless these rules will work. Make sure you give it a lot of light too.

Is a barclaya the same as an orchid lily?

 

[roydooms]

Its the orchid lily's scientific name. Barclaya longifolia.

 

[fishfanatic]

O got ya. I am planing on using root tabs and I dose with pps pro will this be good enough?

 

[roydooms]

O got ya. I am planing on using root tabs and I dose with pps pro will this be good enough?

All plants will benefit from dosing PPS pro. As for the root tabs, it is recommended to have nutrient-rich substrate when you have orchid lilies. Using root tabs will really benefit the plant.

 

[fishfanatic]

So you think the plant will do well in my tank?

 

[roydooms]

Basing on the ferts, it will. I don't know your lighting. Did you read the orchid lily's requirement n the link above^^? If you'll meet that then your plant will be fine.

 

[roydooms]

Orchid lily needs bright/high light.

 

[fishfanatic]

Coolio! I think my tank is at medium light? (40 gallon; glo fixture with 2 T5HO 39 Watts each 5000 k, and a marineland reef compatable led 10000k)
Do you think it will do okey?

 

[roydooms]

Here is a link to check how much lighting you have. Check the charts. It computes how much lighting you have by the light that you have and how high is your tank...

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lighting/105774-par-vs-distance-t5-t12-pc.html

What's your tank's height?

 

[fishfanatic]

24 inches. It is a 40 gallant high

 

[fishfanatic]

According to the second chart in the link I have high light with just the glo fixture, then I have the 36 1 Watt leds and 6 blue leds.... I think I have high light?

 

[roydooms]

Coolio! I think my tank is at medium light? (40 gallon; glo fixture with 2 T5HO 39 Watts each 5000 k, and a marineland reef compatable led 10000k)
Do you think it will do okey?

I would replace your 5,000Ks with at any color temp between 6500K-10,000K. That's the color temp that plants will really benefit from. I don't know about the LED though. If it's 10,000K it's good for plants but I don't know how much. I don't know how to compute how much lighting you have using the PAR cd distance with LED lights. Hope somebody will chime in..

 

[roydooms]

According to the second chart in the link I have high light with just the glo fixture, then I have the 36 1 Watt leds and 6 blue leds.... I think I have high light?

I'm not sure because you have 5,000K bulbs.

 

[fishfanatic]

The reason I have the 5000k is because they have lots of red, the leds don't have a lot of red but they have a lot of blue. So I guess I thought it would balance it out?

 

[fishfanatic]

And just to top off the confusion my fixture only has one reflector not 2 (for each bulb).

 

[roydooms]

http://fancyguppy.50megs.com/custom3.html

In this link it says that the perfect spectrum for freshwater tank is 5,500K-7,000K.