ukjay
Seedling
- Joined
- 10 Feb 2015
- Messages
- 20
Hello Everyone,
As a matter of courtessy, I thought I would firstly introduce myself here, as I will no doubt be asking some questions about what to me is a new side to my aquarium portfolio.
Although I am not new to aquariums, (I have some 30 years experience with Coldwater, Koi Ponds, Tropical and for the last 10 years or so Marine Reef) - the one area I have never ventured into, has been the planted aquarium side of things, but this is to change!
With the above in mind, it is why I have now come to be a member of this site, to hopefully learn what I can before taking the plunge into setting up my first planted aquarium, as there is what I consider quite alot of conflicting advice being given out in general - thus I feel I will benefit from the knowledge on here, hoping to set up a successful system.
Now as I have CO2 and the required gauges that I use on my Marine Reef systems, I am leaning towards an LED illuminated tank with pressurised CO2 if possible - and the aquarium I am planning to set up is a 60 x 60 x 60 cm cube, as I have one sitting around currently.
My question therefore, is can I work with this size of aquarium, and what would people recommend as a decent lighting unit (Led), as my LED knowledge is from Marine side of things, so it may differ?
Also, what substrate would you recommend for a beginner (I have used the search engine, but I cant seem to locate a general consensus for this question), so I apologise if it is one of those tiresome questions from 'Newbs'.
Thanks in advance for your help here, it will be appreciated.
Kind regards
Jay
As a matter of courtessy, I thought I would firstly introduce myself here, as I will no doubt be asking some questions about what to me is a new side to my aquarium portfolio.
Although I am not new to aquariums, (I have some 30 years experience with Coldwater, Koi Ponds, Tropical and for the last 10 years or so Marine Reef) - the one area I have never ventured into, has been the planted aquarium side of things, but this is to change!
With the above in mind, it is why I have now come to be a member of this site, to hopefully learn what I can before taking the plunge into setting up my first planted aquarium, as there is what I consider quite alot of conflicting advice being given out in general - thus I feel I will benefit from the knowledge on here, hoping to set up a successful system.
Now as I have CO2 and the required gauges that I use on my Marine Reef systems, I am leaning towards an LED illuminated tank with pressurised CO2 if possible - and the aquarium I am planning to set up is a 60 x 60 x 60 cm cube, as I have one sitting around currently.
My question therefore, is can I work with this size of aquarium, and what would people recommend as a decent lighting unit (Led), as my LED knowledge is from Marine side of things, so it may differ?
Also, what substrate would you recommend for a beginner (I have used the search engine, but I cant seem to locate a general consensus for this question), so I apologise if it is one of those tiresome questions from 'Newbs'.
Thanks in advance for your help here, it will be appreciated.
Kind regards
Jay