Seditro
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- 17 Mar 2015
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Hi guys i have a few questions id like to ask you about setting up a low tech tank
My set up will be a Juwel Lido 120 with the T5 lights 24w each (currently has 2x reflectors)
running a all pond solutions 2000ef external filter
My lights are to high right? what should i aim for here?
My filter it has a decent flow rate on it without the spray bar kind of slows right down with it on
do low tech tanks need good flow?
what substrate is good for low tech tanks?
what plants could i grow in low tech tanks?
My idea of plants to have is things like
sagittaria subulata to maybe kind of carpet the whole tank
have a peice of driftwood in the back (rocks and stuff around it as u do)
then maybe have some vallisneria at the back of it some amazon swords to the sides some staurogyne repens infront of the wood moss java fern and possibly anubias on the wood aswell and if theres room maybe some ludwigia repens rubin to give a little colour to the green maybe the odd rock pile with some kind of crypts around it? i dont know
Are these plants possible to grow in low tech tanks? if not what kind of set up should i go for
i kind of have a blank canvas here as i not bought anything yet but id like to grow some of these plants
any advice or from your own experience will be greatly appericated
Many Thanks
Ben
My set up will be a Juwel Lido 120 with the T5 lights 24w each (currently has 2x reflectors)
running a all pond solutions 2000ef external filter
My lights are to high right? what should i aim for here?
My filter it has a decent flow rate on it without the spray bar kind of slows right down with it on
do low tech tanks need good flow?
what substrate is good for low tech tanks?
what plants could i grow in low tech tanks?
My idea of plants to have is things like
sagittaria subulata to maybe kind of carpet the whole tank
have a peice of driftwood in the back (rocks and stuff around it as u do)
then maybe have some vallisneria at the back of it some amazon swords to the sides some staurogyne repens infront of the wood moss java fern and possibly anubias on the wood aswell and if theres room maybe some ludwigia repens rubin to give a little colour to the green maybe the odd rock pile with some kind of crypts around it? i dont know
Are these plants possible to grow in low tech tanks? if not what kind of set up should i go for
i kind of have a blank canvas here as i not bought anything yet but id like to grow some of these plants
any advice or from your own experience will be greatly appericated
Many Thanks
Ben