Plowboy91
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Ok so I admit that I messed up when setting up my 150gal i got last summer... when i was researching I made the mistake of taking the advise of someone which stated the WPG rule wasn't that important and that less could be used. Well that may be partially true but now I have one of two choices... find and buy some expensive PC lights and replace the new lights and bulbs I just bought with PC's or use low light plants. Since I haven't won the lottery yet, I am going to try to do the latter (if you experts out there reading this think it's possible). Anyway the situation is this...
I have substrate additive, and heater cable, Pressurized CO2 w/ powerhead and 2 T-8 Triple tube lights with 4 tropic c sun and 2 reef sun bulbs (grand total of 150 watts).
I have several plants which I transplanted from my previous tank and some are doing well while others are barely alive. Based on this I think that I can grow other low light plants.
So my question is...now what?
I have seen some great tanks with a variety of plants that thrive in low light but I have no idea what they are. My plan was to put a kind of Val behind the driftwood and other plants around the tank because it is seriously lacking vegetation. So the bottom line is...
Is my light too low for even low light plants?
What are some hardy plants that can give me some background and foreground that will survive low light? Thanks!
I have substrate additive, and heater cable, Pressurized CO2 w/ powerhead and 2 T-8 Triple tube lights with 4 tropic c sun and 2 reef sun bulbs (grand total of 150 watts).
I have several plants which I transplanted from my previous tank and some are doing well while others are barely alive. Based on this I think that I can grow other low light plants.
So my question is...now what?
I have seen some great tanks with a variety of plants that thrive in low light but I have no idea what they are. My plan was to put a kind of Val behind the driftwood and other plants around the tank because it is seriously lacking vegetation. So the bottom line is...
Is my light too low for even low light plants?
What are some hardy plants that can give me some background and foreground that will survive low light? Thanks!