Hello,
I have a 37 gallon moderatly planted tank with 7 Pristella Tetras. I am in the process of adding Glowlights and also a few more Pristellas so I will have 10-12 of each. This tank has been set up for a year. I run a 36" 25W Flora Sun Zoo Med(5000K) 6 hours a day. I did have 2 bulbs running, but had a lot of algae so I removed one bulb and since then have not had much algae. I have mostly Crypts and Anubius, but also a couple of Swords and some Octopus plant. Jungle Val will be added this week. The Crypts and Anubius are doing fantastic, Swords and Octopus are ok, but not as great as the other two. Octopus is yellowing, nutient deficiency I am assumming.
I will be adding some floating plants this week, Water Sprite and Duckweed. Should I add the other buld back since the light will be blocked some by the floating plants? I'm just not sure how the floating plants will affect my lighting.
I had water lettuce at one point but it did not do well and slowly died away. I think this was a nutrient problem.
Kelley
I have a 37 gallon moderatly planted tank with 7 Pristella Tetras. I am in the process of adding Glowlights and also a few more Pristellas so I will have 10-12 of each. This tank has been set up for a year. I run a 36" 25W Flora Sun Zoo Med(5000K) 6 hours a day. I did have 2 bulbs running, but had a lot of algae so I removed one bulb and since then have not had much algae. I have mostly Crypts and Anubius, but also a couple of Swords and some Octopus plant. Jungle Val will be added this week. The Crypts and Anubius are doing fantastic, Swords and Octopus are ok, but not as great as the other two. Octopus is yellowing, nutient deficiency I am assumming.
I will be adding some floating plants this week, Water Sprite and Duckweed. Should I add the other buld back since the light will be blocked some by the floating plants? I'm just not sure how the floating plants will affect my lighting.
I had water lettuce at one point but it did not do well and slowly died away. I think this was a nutrient problem.
Kelley