jazmine
Aquarium Advice Newbie
As mentioned in my post yesterday pertaining to overfiltration, I am setting up a 55 gallon planted FW tank. I am looking to purchase substrate next and have read many great things about PFS on this site. I am not crazy about the light color however. I am also considering Ecocomplete or Aquasoil. Do these kinds of substrates need to be replaced after awhile? I am sure that they lose their nutrients over time but can fertilizer be used to counteract that? I plan on fertilizing anyway but I don't like the idea of having to dig up all of my substrate in a year or so. Also, with high light plants, is one of these nurtient rich substrates better than PFS?
I have a CF light fixture that came with 4 65 watt bulbs, 2 10K daylight and 2 7100K actinic. I know that the actinic bulbs will not benefit my plants so I may replace them, possibly with 6700K bulbs. However then I will end up with over 4.7 WPG. I would like to do high light plants but is that still too much light? Should I just stick with the 2 10K bulbs? I can also overlap the lights but not have all 4.7 wpg on all day. I do plan on supplimenting CO2.
I know, lots of questions and thanks so much for everyone who responds. I want to research as much in the beginning to avoid unnecessary problems later.
I have a CF light fixture that came with 4 65 watt bulbs, 2 10K daylight and 2 7100K actinic. I know that the actinic bulbs will not benefit my plants so I may replace them, possibly with 6700K bulbs. However then I will end up with over 4.7 WPG. I would like to do high light plants but is that still too much light? Should I just stick with the 2 10K bulbs? I can also overlap the lights but not have all 4.7 wpg on all day. I do plan on supplimenting CO2.
I know, lots of questions and thanks so much for everyone who responds. I want to research as much in the beginning to avoid unnecessary problems later.