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You don't have to go to T5 HO's. But if you have limited space you can get more wattage for the same length. For instance a 36" T5 HO will get you 39W but a 36" T8 is only 25W. And I don't think they make T8 HO, not sure. In the limited research I've done the T5 HO fixtures seem to get you...

No problem. You're right about the 224 watts, but you may not need to go that high. Maybe you could shoot for 1.5 wpg and see how it goes. Jungle Val and anubias definitely don't require much light, my 2 wpg was just because of your depth. If the anubias is closer to the surface attached to...

With that much depth I would expect that you will need about 2 wpg lighting. So you might have to upgrade your lighting depending on what you have now. I would start with Jungle Val. My experience with that stuff is it will grow just about anywhere, and you'll get some height quickly which...

Has anyone had problems with rainbowfish nibbling on plants? Does anybody have any suggestions for a remedy? I really like the rainbows but I like my plants too!

I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm very interested to see some responses. I have 3 planted tanks. 2 have gravel and 1 sand. The gravel tanks have less lighting but the plants are doing much better...? My sand is supposed to be plant friendly. I'm wondering if it's a nutrient...

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I'm thinking about switching my tank to all Tanganyikans. As I understand it, some of them (not Tropheus) are less likely to munch on them.

Thanks for the quick reply, Doresy. What type of substrate do you have in your tank? How long have you had the plants and cichlids together? What type and how much lighting do you have?

I was wondering if anyone has had success keeping live plants with african cichlids? If so, what kind of substrate is recommended? I have seen a lot of tanks on the internet with white (or very light tan) sand and live plants with africans. I would like to do this with my tank but I'm not...

Great looking tank! Forgive me if you've already answered this, but won't the puffers eat your shrimp?

That looks awesome! What ground cover plant is that in the front? It looks great! What are your tank specs, lighting, CO2, etc? How long have you had it set up? What kind of rocks are those? I wanted to put limestone in my tank, but was told it would raise the PH to much and cause algae...

To anyone who might be interested, I have since replanted all of the broken stems with the roots buried now, where before it was just the stems in the substrate. It seems to be doing better since. Guess I should've done that to begin with... it didn't come with any instructions...

Sorry, I was wrong about my fertilizer. It's actually Seachem Flourish. The substrate is about 2 inches of Seachem Flourite. That's it. It's fairly open without any plants close by. The only thing that would block light to getting to the bottom is it's own leaves. I planted it just by...

Hello! I'm new to planted aquariums and I have a planted tank that I set up three weeks ago. My brazilian pennywort seems to be doing fine except that I just noticed that the stems are dying off at the base and then the rest of the plant is separating from it and floating up. I'm fine with it...