minimalistic tank

[nightlife20]

yup... its minimal plants and decor atm waiting till the 30th to get some live plants again sick of my plastic ones espesh in my 3ft (thats goin soon anyways iv sold it)
cant seem to get my desired effect with plastic anymore

so this is what it looks like atm


if u wanna know how it used to looke then have a look at the large tank fish of the month comp

i need to have some ideas for live plants, my crabs lawnmower anythin in the tank thats green (yes they have trie dit with the plasic)

**edit**can anyone give me some names on plants that only need 30watts of light

 

[scott1000]

How many gallons is the tank? The important thing is the number of watts per gallon of light. Ie, if it's a 30 gallon tank you have 1 watt per gallon.

 

[nightlife20]

its a 40gal tank i think

48x15x18

 

[rollntider]

if that is in inches then it is a 55 gallon(us) (approx)

 

[EddieW]

If in inches then it is 47 gall UK or about 42 gall UK after typical displacement.

I would class 30w over 42 gall as fairly low lighting so you need to look for plants which will be OK in those conditions. You also want to look for fast growing plants to keep up with the crabs. A good place to look is the Tropica web site as they list a large number of aquatic plants with the conditions required, etc.

Some you can look at are Ceratophyllum demersum, Cryptocoryne crispatula, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Echinodorus, Egeria densa, Hydrocotyle leucocephala, Sagittaria subulata, Vallisneria americana.

HTH, Eddie