Hi everyone.
ok lets start from the beginning. I have a juwel rekord 96 litre, with 1x18 watt flourescent tube(soon to have a reflector). My tank is full of horrid plastic plants so i decided i wanted to have all real plants instead.I have worked out that my wpg is 0.72. I have discussed this in other posts and worked out (i think) that the following plants should be fine with 0.72wpg, no c02, liquid fertilizer and medium sized gravel as a substrate.
java moss
java fern
anubias nana
vallisneria
amazon sword
In the other posts someone suggested the T6 tubes and reccomended a site called aqua essentials. I have a juwel tank which i don't think are standard sizes. the reflectors tofit my 18w light tube in my tank are 59 cm long and the closest T6 tube is 24'' long or 61cm. will the tube go further into the hood? - e.g. one cm at each side to make a 61 cm tube.But aqua essentials say and this is a quote''All the T6 lighting tubes are designed to fit standard lighting units but in particular Juwel lighting systems where the "Brushing Set" (sold separately) allows for a water tight seal''. The description for the brushings set is
''Rubber washers that fit snugly around the T6 light tube making them water resistant.Designed for the Juwel lighting system in particular'' Does this mean that it would fit in my lighting hood? Has anyoine got a T6 lighting tube in a juwel aquarium? They are meant to give out 40 percent more light than the standard T8 ones, so i thought these might help my plants grow better.
Also i wanted to make a carpet of java moss for the front of my aquarium. Woul nylon thread be ok for this?Also i red the pinned post about making a carpet out of riccia and java moss, and for the riccia it said to leave it floating in a clear plastic tub with aquarium water in it for a week. It then said after a week had passed you will have twice as much riccia as you started with. Could the same be done with java moss?
Ok nearly finished now. Because my tank is still full of plastic plants does it really matter how i go about changing the plants over? Should i do it bit by bit(e.g. a few p;lants at a time) or would it be ok to swap them round all at once, leaving room for growth obviously.
If you can answer just one question i would be grateful still.
Thanks everyone.
ok lets start from the beginning. I have a juwel rekord 96 litre, with 1x18 watt flourescent tube(soon to have a reflector). My tank is full of horrid plastic plants so i decided i wanted to have all real plants instead.I have worked out that my wpg is 0.72. I have discussed this in other posts and worked out (i think) that the following plants should be fine with 0.72wpg, no c02, liquid fertilizer and medium sized gravel as a substrate.
java moss
java fern
anubias nana
vallisneria
amazon sword
In the other posts someone suggested the T6 tubes and reccomended a site called aqua essentials. I have a juwel tank which i don't think are standard sizes. the reflectors tofit my 18w light tube in my tank are 59 cm long and the closest T6 tube is 24'' long or 61cm. will the tube go further into the hood? - e.g. one cm at each side to make a 61 cm tube.But aqua essentials say and this is a quote''All the T6 lighting tubes are designed to fit standard lighting units but in particular Juwel lighting systems where the "Brushing Set" (sold separately) allows for a water tight seal''. The description for the brushings set is
''Rubber washers that fit snugly around the T6 light tube making them water resistant.Designed for the Juwel lighting system in particular'' Does this mean that it would fit in my lighting hood? Has anyoine got a T6 lighting tube in a juwel aquarium? They are meant to give out 40 percent more light than the standard T8 ones, so i thought these might help my plants grow better.
Also i wanted to make a carpet of java moss for the front of my aquarium. Woul nylon thread be ok for this?Also i red the pinned post about making a carpet out of riccia and java moss, and for the riccia it said to leave it floating in a clear plastic tub with aquarium water in it for a week. It then said after a week had passed you will have twice as much riccia as you started with. Could the same be done with java moss?
Ok nearly finished now. Because my tank is still full of plastic plants does it really matter how i go about changing the plants over? Should i do it bit by bit(e.g. a few p;lants at a time) or would it be ok to swap them round all at once, leaving room for growth obviously.
If you can answer just one question i would be grateful still.
Thanks everyone.
