Hello all,
I hope this is the place to post this as the question relates to keeping a planted tank which is my goal after my tank cycles.
I have a light set that I used to keep on a reef tank in the past and I'd like to use it as my light source for my planted tank. The tank is a 29Gal 30Lx18Hx12W. The light has two 65w PC it's 24" wide. I know that running both lights at the same time would probably be overkill (appx 4wpg) but what if I run one light giving me 65w (appx 2wpg)?
I don't know quite yet what plants I want to keep. I was more thinking of letting my water parameters and amount of light (watts per gallon) dictate what range of plants would work best in the tank, and then chose from those. I also don't want to get into CO2 right away. I want to understand more about keeping plants in general before stepping into CO2 if it's possible. I have two 20lb bags of Eco-complete and one 16lb bag of Active-Flora as my substrate.
Any thoughts or other things I need to consider?
Thanks for your time and help.
I hope this is the place to post this as the question relates to keeping a planted tank which is my goal after my tank cycles.
I have a light set that I used to keep on a reef tank in the past and I'd like to use it as my light source for my planted tank. The tank is a 29Gal 30Lx18Hx12W. The light has two 65w PC it's 24" wide. I know that running both lights at the same time would probably be overkill (appx 4wpg) but what if I run one light giving me 65w (appx 2wpg)?
I don't know quite yet what plants I want to keep. I was more thinking of letting my water parameters and amount of light (watts per gallon) dictate what range of plants would work best in the tank, and then chose from those. I also don't want to get into CO2 right away. I want to understand more about keeping plants in general before stepping into CO2 if it's possible. I have two 20lb bags of Eco-complete and one 16lb bag of Active-Flora as my substrate.
Any thoughts or other things I need to consider?
Thanks for your time and help.