shadowstars123
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have one anubias, two amazon swords, and a bunched wisteria. Do I need to dose with any ferts? I have Flourish right now, but am not using it. Running one 10000k and one actinic for aesthetics.
What kind of bulb (t8, t5ho?), how many watts? What size tank?
There probably is little to no need for liquid ferts. If you are going to dose something, a K/Micro mix like API leaf zone would be beneficial. Flourish comprehensive wouldn't hurt either (either the flourish comp or leaf zone, not both)... but neither are required for your plant and light combo.
I would however recommend root tabs to go underneath the swords.
Adding more plants won't make much difference. I would not recommend dwarf hairgrass with less than 1 WPG on your tank. The others would be fine. Just remember, swords get huge... so you don't want to get too many more.
You want to stick with low light plants. There are lots of crypts that would work well with your light... and a few different varieties of anubias. If you are wanting a compact plant for the foreground that would work with your lighting, check out anubias nana petite in lieu of the dwarf hairgrass. It is not the same look, but it is a neat little plant that will survive under low light.
You would have a lot more success with the DHG if you added the 2d bulb. It would be borderline on whether or not you need CO2, but I think you could get away without it. There would be an increase in the amount and types of fertilizers your tank would benefit from if you doubled the light. YOu would probably want to still dose a K (potassium) solution, and also a micro/trace mix of some kind. In addition you would want to look into an N supplement and also a glutaraldehyde formula (like flourish excel) for a source of C.
For plants, you would be able to grow anything in the medium light range or below. Check out PlantGeek.net - Your Aquatic Plant Resource . The plant guide there allows you to sort the plants by lighting requirements. It will give you some ideas of what you might want to have.
$150-$175 if you keep it on the cheap... of course, you can add things that will obviously add cost.
Sounds about right. Do you have a 4x unit? If not, just replace the actinic with a 6500k or 10,000k bulb