Old Scales
Aquarium Advice Addict
TXaggie,
I live in Razorback country up here in NW Arkansas but I have friends in and love rooting for the Aggies for them. Now that you're in the SEC we should have some GOOD rival games against each other. I love the hill country of TX as had so much fun there when I was a kid. Beautiful country.
About the lighting. If you want to go with plants but stay on a budget, go with the T5 HO's. Make sure to get HO's(high output) and not NO's(normal output). I have the exact tank you have(29g). Get the full daylight (6500 -6700k) for plants. The regular LED's are not really strong enough unless you get some really strong ones that are for plants(ie.3w each.) and they are very expensive . (like $220 for the 30") I have a plant friendly one on my 16g bowfront and it was $155. It has 1740 lumens where the regular double bright LED is only 450 lumens. So BIG difference. The T5's are the most light for the money. There may be other options, but I'm not aware of any myself. My T5's on my 29g give me 1.9 watts per gallon which is the lower limit for medium light output. OK for all but the most light hungry plants. Luck, OS.
I live in Razorback country up here in NW Arkansas but I have friends in and love rooting for the Aggies for them. Now that you're in the SEC we should have some GOOD rival games against each other. I love the hill country of TX as had so much fun there when I was a kid. Beautiful country.
About the lighting. If you want to go with plants but stay on a budget, go with the T5 HO's. Make sure to get HO's(high output) and not NO's(normal output). I have the exact tank you have(29g). Get the full daylight (6500 -6700k) for plants. The regular LED's are not really strong enough unless you get some really strong ones that are for plants(ie.3w each.) and they are very expensive . (like $220 for the 30") I have a plant friendly one on my 16g bowfront and it was $155. It has 1740 lumens where the regular double bright LED is only 450 lumens. So BIG difference. The T5's are the most light for the money. There may be other options, but I'm not aware of any myself. My T5's on my 29g give me 1.9 watts per gallon which is the lower limit for medium light output. OK for all but the most light hungry plants. Luck, OS.