Basically my question relates to lighting but I have put it here because there are other factors which come into play.
Any advice is welcome but basically my question relates to lighting.
Cheers!
500 LTR (132 gallon US)
Filtration: Canister 5500 LTR/HR 10.5 filtration turnover.
Total water turnover with wave maker: 17500 LTR/HR, 35x
Substrate 3.5 cm's ADA amazon II normal with kitty litter and osmocoate in the deeper bits.
C02: pressurised
Ferts: Will be my suppliers pre-mixed ferts in liquid form.
http://www.aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/ ... r_Pee.html
I will also be dosing my suppliers gluteraldehyde mix aswell.
I have 312w T5 lighting available but I am hesistant to use the lot of it and I need to know if 156w or 1.2 WPG is enough or whether I should up it to 1.7 WPG, or go the full 2.4 WPG?
Would I be better off going any combination of these with some kind of burst during the middle of my light cycle? What effect can come from using the full amount of light I have available?
It will be a glosso carpet with "trees" shadowing over alot of the glosso. Most of the plants will not be fussy over light except for the glosso. I am a little concerned that the glosso won't have enough light under the shadow of the "trees". Bare in mind that the trees will not fill in for a fair while.
This will be a very heavily stocked tank.
23 rainbows
3 columbian tetras
2 empire gudgeons
5 siamese algae eaters
as many shrimp and I can get big enough so they aren't eaten
10 khuli loaches
10 threadfin rainbows
Plants so far:
Glosso elatinoides
anubias nana
various mosses
pogostemon heliferi
some sort of hairy grass
Thanks guys!
Any advice is welcome but basically my question relates to lighting.
Cheers!
500 LTR (132 gallon US)
Filtration: Canister 5500 LTR/HR 10.5 filtration turnover.
Total water turnover with wave maker: 17500 LTR/HR, 35x
Substrate 3.5 cm's ADA amazon II normal with kitty litter and osmocoate in the deeper bits.
C02: pressurised
Ferts: Will be my suppliers pre-mixed ferts in liquid form.
http://www.aquagreen.com.au/plant_data/ ... r_Pee.html
I will also be dosing my suppliers gluteraldehyde mix aswell.
I have 312w T5 lighting available but I am hesistant to use the lot of it and I need to know if 156w or 1.2 WPG is enough or whether I should up it to 1.7 WPG, or go the full 2.4 WPG?
Would I be better off going any combination of these with some kind of burst during the middle of my light cycle? What effect can come from using the full amount of light I have available?
It will be a glosso carpet with "trees" shadowing over alot of the glosso. Most of the plants will not be fussy over light except for the glosso. I am a little concerned that the glosso won't have enough light under the shadow of the "trees". Bare in mind that the trees will not fill in for a fair while.
This will be a very heavily stocked tank.
23 rainbows
3 columbian tetras
2 empire gudgeons
5 siamese algae eaters
as many shrimp and I can get big enough so they aren't eaten
10 khuli loaches
10 threadfin rainbows
Plants so far:
Glosso elatinoides
anubias nana
various mosses
pogostemon heliferi
some sort of hairy grass
Thanks guys!