Advice On Lighting Upgrade Please

[shelaghfishface]

its the fluval in my sig apparantley is only 30watts, i added foil reflectors, but suffer with limescale ( lots of it) the plants are growing but not very fresh looking

just bought 2 nutrafin co2 systems ( i wouldnt attempt the pressurised stuff) so they will arrive next week some time

they are all easy care plants, cabomba , java fern etc.. just looks naff


TIA

shelagh xxx

 

[aaronnorth]

is that a fluval roma? I thought they come with 2 x 30w T8 tubes??

 

[shelaghfishface]

aron, your probably right, i have no idea on these things, when the lights have been off over night ill have a look at the tubes, not promising i can get the info tho as its caked in that nasty stuff

also i have some more question regarding a 2nd hand juwel tank that i got tonight for my shrimp, its approx 43 cm`s wide ( 84 itres n total) and its got a T8 15 watt tube, just the one, hae transfered my plants in ther that were growing beautifully in a 28l with 11watt lighting.. so just before i mess my plants up would like to know if this is going to work
plants in there are
cambomba
java moss and fern
amazon frogbit
( and an unidentified that seems to grow like a weed)


if i havent covered the relavant questions, just ask away and ill do my best to tell you what you need to help

 

[aaronnorth]

they should all be fine in the new tank, the cabomba may struggle or become a bit messy so take a cutting and see how it goes, unless you are not having the 28l running anymore.

 

[Geoff1991]

Just thought id let you know... Cabomba is annoying, ive just replated my tank after changing to sand and i decided to leave the cabomba as it breaks off and youll spend a lot of time getting annoying little bits of cabomba out...

Seriously, it gets everywhere. Especially if you knock it while hovering.