New planted tank

[Olakytrion]

Im going to be setting up a 10 gallon planted tank, with a retrofitted 2X13 watt light fixture from www.ahsupply.com along with flourite as a substrate (with some standard gravel thrown in for aesthetic purposes only, just a little bit) and the following plants...

dwarf hygrophila
java moss
water wisteria
dwarf rotala
dwarf ambulia

I do want a heavily planted tank, and i was wondering will these plants grow well with this type of lighting, or should i use more? i dont want things growing out of control, so i am hesitant of using stronger lighting, but i want these ones to get enough light to be healthy. also, if anyone knows if i would need nutrients or fertilizers or anything like that? (co2 isnt an option) thanks for the info!

 

[handsomeboy]

imo, 2wpg in a 10g will make anything grow

ferts get some fe

if its growing too much dim the tank with some duckweed or something (careful duckweed grows like mad)

 

[Olakytrion]

thnaks for the info, do you think that they will fill out the tank nicely or would i need more or less plants to get a heavily planted tank?

also, if you have either common pond snails or ramshorns, ill take every single snail that you have in your tank off your hands, (in a month or so) i need them!!!!!!!! NEEEEEEEEEEEEED!

btw, the flourite has lots of iron in in, so that should be fine, hopefully...

 

[handsomeboy]

try stems like hornworts or cabomba to fill tank

as for the snails, where do u live

 

[Olakytrion]

i live in evanston, il, and in a month or so, when i set up my tank, ill take all those pesky snails off your hands, my little puffers will love them....

and im trying to use only plants from the sri lanka/ SE asia/ india regions of the world in this tank, because thats where the fish im stocking come from, maybe ill try filling in with some crypts or something....

 

[handsomeboy]

well im in rolling meadows which is not that far...

nice idea with the puffers

 

[Yenko]

Crypts don't fill in well in a small tank; they have a small number of big leaves and spindly stems; it will look much nicer with Cabomba or some sort of hygrophila. By the way; you wasted A LOT of money at ahsupply; you could of gotten the same wattage from compact flourescents that screw into incadescent sockets, spraypainted the inside of your canopy white and gotten the same results for much less.