majolo
Aquarium Advice Freak
In my 55 gallon, I now have 2x65W daylight pc lights, 10 hours a day. The bulk of the plants in it are Hygrophila salicifolia, with a few smallish anubias and crypts. I guess I'm around the borderline for CO2, which I'm not going to do. I want to change this tank over to a lower-growth, lower maintenance planting. Basically I want to get rid of the stem plants as much as possible (to avoid trimming and replanting chores) and hopefully fertilize once a week. Here's what I'm thinking of having for plants:
Lots of Crypt balansae for the background
Lots of Anubias of various sizes, from dwarf nana to congensis
One or a few showy centerpiece plants, thinking of swords and/or Nymphaea zenkeri, maybe Aponogeton ulvaceus (sp?)
Here's the question finally: Should I switch to 50/50 bulbs? One bulb or both? I guess the Anubias and probably the crypts should be okay with the equivalent of 65W pc lighting. How would the centerpiece options do? I guess I could have one side of the tank low light with the 50/50 bulb and the other side have full daylight and put the centerpiece(s) there.
Oh, and I plan to have good nutrients in the substrate (maybe aquariumplants.com substrate with Flourish tabs?).
Thanks for your comments!
Lots of Crypt balansae for the background
Lots of Anubias of various sizes, from dwarf nana to congensis
One or a few showy centerpiece plants, thinking of swords and/or Nymphaea zenkeri, maybe Aponogeton ulvaceus (sp?)
Here's the question finally: Should I switch to 50/50 bulbs? One bulb or both? I guess the Anubias and probably the crypts should be okay with the equivalent of 65W pc lighting. How would the centerpiece options do? I guess I could have one side of the tank low light with the 50/50 bulb and the other side have full daylight and put the centerpiece(s) there.
Oh, and I plan to have good nutrients in the substrate (maybe aquariumplants.com substrate with Flourish tabs?).
Thanks for your comments!