Huval
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Aqauholics Anonymous,
This site is amazing.
I have this Fluval Chi 5 gallon and I'm quickly out-growing it...that's obvious and thus not the question at hand. My 2 questions are:
1) What amount/color temp of light is need for this amount of plants? At this point should I look into more advanced plant maintenance options?
2) When I get my new tank, a rimless 30g long from class cages, what is the best possible filter? I've heard so many opinions I was just curious if there was some general consensus on the best filter?
The plants in there are:
Argentine swords
White ribbons
Gold ribbons
Peacock ferns
Wisterias
8 bamboo shoots
I have about 4 of each, excluding the bamboo.
I don't typically keep goldfish in there, but I utilized their toughness and substantial ammonia output to speed up the bio filter development.
And let me say it worked beautifully. I've tested the water 3 times with my API test kit over the past week and everytime the results have been:
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: less than 5
(of course I had a decent amount of seed water from my lfs.)
Thank you all very much!
This site is amazing.
I have this Fluval Chi 5 gallon and I'm quickly out-growing it...that's obvious and thus not the question at hand. My 2 questions are:
1) What amount/color temp of light is need for this amount of plants? At this point should I look into more advanced plant maintenance options?
2) When I get my new tank, a rimless 30g long from class cages, what is the best possible filter? I've heard so many opinions I was just curious if there was some general consensus on the best filter?
The plants in there are:
Argentine swords
White ribbons
Gold ribbons
Peacock ferns
Wisterias
8 bamboo shoots
I have about 4 of each, excluding the bamboo.
I don't typically keep goldfish in there, but I utilized their toughness and substantial ammonia output to speed up the bio filter development.
And let me say it worked beautifully. I've tested the water 3 times with my API test kit over the past week and everytime the results have been:
Ammonia: 0.25
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: less than 5
(of course I had a decent amount of seed water from my lfs.)
Thank you all very much!