Hi,
I’m looking for some advice please from all you knowledgeable people who set up tanks all the time.
I have a tank on my windowsill that is heavily planted, dirted low tech tank on a north facing windowsill. The plants are growing well but it with the limited light (a desk lamp) and no co2 they are going to take their time to fill in and cover the background.
I added ember tetras but it’s hard to see them with the window, blinds, etc visible behind the tank.
The tank will eventually hold RCS, ember tetras and red ramshorn snails,
Off out tomorrow to get window film to stick on the tank. Should I go for ’old-fashioned’ black or frosted? The substrate is dark.
Would the fish be more colourful and more visible given their natural blackwater origin? Also, would dark be better than frosted for stopping ambient light from the window?
With very low tech lighting would frosted pick up the light from the lamp and make the tank seem less dark?
thanks in advance
I’m looking for some advice please from all you knowledgeable people who set up tanks all the time.
I have a tank on my windowsill that is heavily planted, dirted low tech tank on a north facing windowsill. The plants are growing well but it with the limited light (a desk lamp) and no co2 they are going to take their time to fill in and cover the background.
I added ember tetras but it’s hard to see them with the window, blinds, etc visible behind the tank.
The tank will eventually hold RCS, ember tetras and red ramshorn snails,
Off out tomorrow to get window film to stick on the tank. Should I go for ’old-fashioned’ black or frosted? The substrate is dark.
Would the fish be more colourful and more visible given their natural blackwater origin? Also, would dark be better than frosted for stopping ambient light from the window?
With very low tech lighting would frosted pick up the light from the lamp and make the tank seem less dark?
thanks in advance