roydooms
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What is considered a "heavily planted" tank? Is my tank heavily planted?
HN1 said:Very subjective term... I'd say your's is "moderately" planted now, but will probably be "heavily" once things have time to grow in. But, like I said it's subjective and those would only be JMO.
Coleallensmom said:I agree. Looking good, btw!
HN1 said:No problem. That tank is really looking good. Nice work!
TommyLiNy said:Have to agree with everyone, great looking tank! Should look good when things fill in. Btw what size is your tank?
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har-2109 said:Id call it heavily planted when no substrate is visible, and most of the decorations are covered.
Lookin good though
Jason7894561230 said:Very awesome tank! Great Job
TommyLiNy said:Nice! Just picked up a 150 that I plan on planting. What kind of lights are you using? CO2?
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TommyLiNy said:Nice! I'm looking for lights now, is it a 72" 125? What size is your fixture? Can't find any 72" probably gonna go with 2 36" T5 HOs
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kevkev3321 said:I just wanna ask what's the dimensions of your tank?
My tank is 60x18x21 and holds about 90 gallons.
And I wanted to say that I made DIY leds consisting of about 250 diodes of orange and white (will post pics later) and the problem is that leds produce a focused light of about 20 degrees therefore you need wide coverage and approximately 600 diodes for a tank your size.
I have 3 fluorescent t5s and the leds don't match up to the output of the t5s. They might look bright when you look directly at the them but they don't penetrate deep into the water.
But that's just my experience lol
I also recently added a co2 system and it makes a huge differance in the growth of your plants
Hope that helps lol
good luck