Iskánder Vigoa
Seedling
Hi all, this is my first post on the forum, I'm looking for help with my planted tank, I live in Cuba and I don't know the name of most of the plants, but all seem to be doing ok, the thing is I recently bought a little ludwigia plant and want to know what parameters do I need for it to grow strong and get as red or purplish as possible
I bought another plant too but that one do not know the name, not even the seller knew it haha
my tank is 40cm height by 40cm deep by 77cm long(32 gallons ~120 liters), I have an almost red, iron rich "substrate" ok, it's only dirt, but hey!, iron rich dirt, and on close to 2 years it have done the job pretty good, plus pale sand all over it
my question is which light intensity in lumens do I need for those plants to grow, not to die, very important this one, and to turn red?
also, which color temperature should I use?
CO2 dosing is completely out of the equation, in fact almost anything but the bare basic is out of the equation here in Cuba
please excuse my english, we speak Spanish over here
I bought another plant too but that one do not know the name, not even the seller knew it haha
my tank is 40cm height by 40cm deep by 77cm long(32 gallons ~120 liters), I have an almost red, iron rich "substrate" ok, it's only dirt, but hey!, iron rich dirt, and on close to 2 years it have done the job pretty good, plus pale sand all over it
my question is which light intensity in lumens do I need for those plants to grow, not to die, very important this one, and to turn red?
also, which color temperature should I use?
CO2 dosing is completely out of the equation, in fact almost anything but the bare basic is out of the equation here in Cuba
please excuse my english, we speak Spanish over here