Split from Nmonk's sand topic

[§tudz]

erm depending on theie wattage.

I think its recomened something like 2watts for every gallon, I could be worng. I'm not too sure off the top of my head

I tend to have too lights, one designed to show off the colour of the fish really well and one that has output mainly aimed at plants. I use Arcadia lights cheap and cheerful and they work a treat.

 

[Kevstir]

the tank has 2 lights at 25w each , would adding reflectors really double the amount of light the plants would get ???

i got silver sand from home base today , hope this is the right stuff lol , would adding say 1" of pond soil and 2" of sand be enough for the plants?? also if i add some snails will that be enough to aerate the sand along with loads of corys ???

 

[§tudz]

Erm I'm not sure on the silver sand, I've always been told children's play sand is better, but then is silver sand the same /me isnt quite sure...

That shoulds like a decent layering tyhats about what I have, or did till my BN decided to rescape the sand for me lol

 

[Torrean]

silver and play are the same as i recall...although once i saw a bag of silver/play sand that said on the front "Not safe for use in aquariums" so I would make sure to read all the writing on the bag to check for any warnings.