Bettalover333
Aquarium Advice Regular
Planning a planted tank?
So I have finally decided to make the leap into a more complicated planted aquarium, and have decided to transform my 60 gallon tank into a planted tank. So please tell me if this plan would work. The dimensions of my tank are 12.75"L x 48.5"W x 25" H. My lighting system is a Marineland Aquatic Plant LED, which at a height of 24" would have a PAR rating of 83 directly under the light, which i'm assuming would be considered in the higher end of medium lights. I was planning on purchasing the Doctors Foster and Smith Semi-Automatic CO2 system, then buying my own co2 tank (either 5 or 10lbs). I've heard the bubble counter is junk, so I'll probably end up replacing it with a higher quality one. I plan on dosing 20-25 ppm. For my substrate, I was planning on having just black sand (either petco sand or pool filter sand, I haven't decided yet) for my cory cats with Seachem root tabs that I would replace monthly. Next, comes the part that confuses me. Fertilizers. I read an article from this site on fertilizers and was planning on dosing Seachem N, P, K, Trace, and Iron through the EI method. Would this work? Do I also need to dose regular Flourish? And if anyone spots any flaws with my plan, please let me know. Thanks!
So I have finally decided to make the leap into a more complicated planted aquarium, and have decided to transform my 60 gallon tank into a planted tank. So please tell me if this plan would work. The dimensions of my tank are 12.75"L x 48.5"W x 25" H. My lighting system is a Marineland Aquatic Plant LED, which at a height of 24" would have a PAR rating of 83 directly under the light, which i'm assuming would be considered in the higher end of medium lights. I was planning on purchasing the Doctors Foster and Smith Semi-Automatic CO2 system, then buying my own co2 tank (either 5 or 10lbs). I've heard the bubble counter is junk, so I'll probably end up replacing it with a higher quality one. I plan on dosing 20-25 ppm. For my substrate, I was planning on having just black sand (either petco sand or pool filter sand, I haven't decided yet) for my cory cats with Seachem root tabs that I would replace monthly. Next, comes the part that confuses me. Fertilizers. I read an article from this site on fertilizers and was planning on dosing Seachem N, P, K, Trace, and Iron through the EI method. Would this work? Do I also need to dose regular Flourish? And if anyone spots any flaws with my plan, please let me know. Thanks!