ok so those of you that have helped me along the way here is a update to the recent things that ive done and bought. i went out and got the gh/kh liquid test from api. and the kh test took 12 drops to turn from blue to yellow. the gh didnt turn from orange after 12 drops so its off the scale. which in turn these numbers mean i have a very high buffering cap (atleast im pretty sure thats what that means. so my ph is very stable as since it has a high cap which in turn means if i want to change it i would need to add ALOT of chem (which i dont plan on doing) so my descision has stood to stocking with cichlids (prefrably rift lake or african)
now with lighting i had a pretty in depth covno with you guys on this issue about a month back. and everyone reccomended the life glow 2 which is 6700 K. well when i went to petland to find it they had a whole section set up for lighting so i asked the "fish guy" which is best for me and i told him bout what yall said. he said that the lifeglow 2 is more of a wide range light thats pretty universal but not the best for live plants. he then reccomended the powerglow which has 18000 k and very high and broad spectrims in red and blue. he says this will be better for the photosenthisis process of my plants than say a lifeglow 2 would be. he also reccomnded that instead of getting the same tubes in both fixtures i should combo them. he said a powerglow with a lifeglow would be best, lifeglow for the fish power for the plants. so i picked up the powerglow today and wanna see what you guys think ishould combo it with. ( i payed 1.09$ for the powerglow 18") the guy that rang me out was new and didnt know how to work the computer and couldnt get someone to help him since they were sooooooo busy WHAT A STEAL?!
now with lighting i had a pretty in depth covno with you guys on this issue about a month back. and everyone reccomended the life glow 2 which is 6700 K. well when i went to petland to find it they had a whole section set up for lighting so i asked the "fish guy" which is best for me and i told him bout what yall said. he said that the lifeglow 2 is more of a wide range light thats pretty universal but not the best for live plants. he then reccomended the powerglow which has 18000 k and very high and broad spectrims in red and blue. he says this will be better for the photosenthisis process of my plants than say a lifeglow 2 would be. he also reccomnded that instead of getting the same tubes in both fixtures i should combo them. he said a powerglow with a lifeglow would be best, lifeglow for the fish power for the plants. so i picked up the powerglow today and wanna see what you guys think ishould combo it with. ( i payed 1.09$ for the powerglow 18") the guy that rang me out was new and didnt know how to work the computer and couldnt get someone to help him since they were sooooooo busy WHAT A STEAL?!