Superfish Scaper 90L help

[rbargante]

Hi. I'm gonna jump on a

Superfish Scaper 90L.​

I still new on this hobby and asking for a bit of advice.
What other lights will fit on this tank ?
Looking for one with WiFi or Bluetooth to control via app.
Canister with heater in it. So no showing the heater in tank.
Wat else will need ?
Planing to be a planted tank.
Thanks in advance

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

The tank is 600mm wide so any light specified for tanks that width will fit. The included light is sufficient to grow just about everything however, especially if you’re not adding CO2. Even if you are, you’ll be fine though.

Don’t know about canisters with heaters, I prefer my equipment to be separate. I’d rather have an in tank heater and a temperature controller like the Elitech or Inkbird.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

Grow enough plants and you’ll never see the heater:

 

[Little]

If you want to schedule the light to come off and on via WiFi you could potentially use a smart plug. This would save some money that can go into more plants.
I do not have experience with this set so someone else can hopefully advise if it remembers the last brightness setting if on a smart plug. Edit: Simon pointed out getting a combination dimmer and timer for this light is the way to go.

If you will definitely be changing the filter and light it would probably be more cost effective to just get a standard tank instead of a set that comes with items you don’t want.

Regarding what else you need:

Decision if you want a high tech / high energy / high speed (fast plant growth and bright looking tank but much more maintenance and risk)
OR
low tech / low energy / low speed approach (slow plant growth and less bright looking tank with lower maintenance and less risk)

Decision on what substrate to use.

Decision on what hardscape to use.

Decision on what type of plants you want (easy plants or somthing more challenging and fast or slow growing plants).

Decision on which water to use (dechlorinated tap water, rain water or purified water remineralised)

Fertiliser.

 

[Maf 2500]

Oase Biomaster thermo 250 would be well suited as a thermofilter on a tank this size.

You can get third party DC controllers for the light from ebay/aliexpress/amazon that allow you to program on/off times and ramp up/down and set max brightness. They won't allow you to do anything too fancy like tweak the colours of the light, but they are only £10-20 rather than £100-200 for a better light.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

I do not have experience with this set so someone else can hopefully advise if it remembers the last brightness setting if on a smart plug.

It does not have adjustable brightness. It is bright. You can get a Chinese dimmer with timer built in for about a tenner off eBay that works.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

Just a thought, if you’re going to replace the light and the filter, all you have left is a glass box and a bottle of gluteraldehyde.

So maybe buy something else?

 

[MoFish]

As Maf has mentioned Oase biomaster 350 is a suitable choice for the filter your after, alternatively you could use another filter with the addition of an inline heater.

For lighting it depends what kind of set-up you plan on running. If its going to be NO CO2 injection i wouldn't splash on an expensive light, aim to use a good substrate and easy growing plants with the provided scaper 90 light and an addition timer+dimmer to give you control over it. If you don't have the light which normally comes with the tank, you could look at Chihiros A/B series lights and Twinstar A/B/C series lights.

If you plan on injecting CO2, you could look at Chihiros WRGB 2/WRGB 2 Pro series and Twinstar E/S Series. There is plenty of options from different brands such as LifeAqua, ADA, Skylight and ONF, but they tend to be more expensive and I'm not sure on whether their performance warrants the higher price.

There is also another light brand known as WeekAqua but I'm not too familiar with their line-up.

 

[rbargante]

The tank is 600mm wide so any light specified for tanks that width will fit. The included light is sufficient to grow just about everything however, especially if you’re not adding CO2. Even if you are, you’ll be fine though.

Don’t know about canisters with heaters, I prefer my equipment to be separate. I’d rather have an in tank heater and a temperature controller like the Elitech or Inkbird.

Thanks so much for your help really appreciated

 

[rbargante]

As Maf has mentioned Oase biomaster 350 is a suitable choice for the filter your after, alternatively you could use another filter with the addition of an inline heater.

For lighting it depends what kind of set-up you plan on running. If its going to be NO CO2 injection i wouldn't splash on an expensive light, aim to use a good substrate and easy growing plants with the provided scaper 90 light and an addition timer+dimmer to give you control over it. If you don't have the light which normally comes with the tank, you could look at Chihiros A/B series lights and Twinstar A/B/C series lights.

If you plan on injecting CO2, you could look at Chihiros WRGB 2/WRGB 2 Pro series and Twinstar E/S Series. There is plenty of options from different brands such as LifeAqua, ADA, Skylight and ONF, but they tend to be more expensive and I'm not sure on whether their performance warrants the higher price.

There is also another light brand known as WeekAqua but I'm not too familiar with their line-up.

Thanks do much.
Decided to go for just .normal glass tank. And equipment separately..
Just learning the process and soon will be part of the gang. Thanks to all the members who helped