20 Gallon High Low Tech Setup

[Mako Man111]

Heres the equipement:
20 Gallon High Tank
Coralife 28watt unit giving me 1.4wpg
aquaclear 30
some bogwood, whitish rocks, and brown gravel

Right now all I have in there is some javafern which is thriving, but I need to make a setup that will not require too much maintenance as I travel a lot.

I need a list of plants that will do well with my setup. I can add root tabs, and some flourish every once in a while, but no co2.

So if you guys could list some plants, and small fish that will do well in this tank it would be great. Right now I have a couple tiger barbs that will be given away.

Thanks!

 

[Themuleous]

There is a link in my sig to low light easier plants by Llj

Sam

 

[Mako Man111]

There is a link in my sig to low light easier plants by Llj

Sam

Thanks

This tank used to be high tech, don't know if anyone remembers my threads, but if I were to go high light, 3.25wpg to be exact(I also have a 65 watt coralife unit), and added co2, what type of fert regimen would I need? Would 2x a week doses of Seachem Flourish sufice along with root tab every couple months?

 

[Themuleous]

I doubt it. I take it you know about EI? Its generally regarded as an excellent regime for high light tanks. Although I would add that others exist, such as the seachem range of macros and micros and the ADA way of doing things. But both are either expensive and/or need lots of testing.

Sam

 

[Mako Man111]

I doubt it. I take it you know about EI? Its generally regarded as an excellent regime for high light tanks. Although I would add that others exist, such as the seachem range of macros and micros and the ADA way of doing things. But both are either expensive and/or need lots of testing.

Sam

Ok, but if I were to add co2 to a low light tank wouldn't that create a need for more nutrients thus causing me to have to add more ferts anyway? The main problem for me would be adding daily ferts and constant testing, that why I leaned toward low light this go around. Unlike most people, co2 is not really a problem for me, my nutrafin canister and diffuser work great, but when I'm not home daily ferts is going to be a problem.


So basically, if I went with 1.4wpg, co2 and weekly additions of Seachem Flourish would that be viable?

Because as far as i've seen, co2 seems to be the biggest growth enhancer.

 

[RadaR]

Light tends to increase the uptake of nutrients and CO2. CO2 doesnt, or atleast not nearly as much as light.

 

[Themuleous]

Sorry, so you've down graded the tan to low light? Missed that bit sorry

In which case flourish and root tabs would be fine for a low light. As Fred says light drives the nutrient uptake process not CO2 (to a certain extent anyway).

Sam