High Everybody!
I'm dismantling my 8g finnex tank and moving all occupants to a 36g bowfront. Talk about housing upgrade! I'm wondering if I can use the 8g tank and the light fixture to perhaps grow some plants in pots. It's an open top tank.
The light fixture is a 24W compact Florescent fixture with 7100K color temperature. I wish I knew the Lumens, but I don't. The light source is about 13 inches from the bottom of the tank. So plants in 4 inch pots will be about 7-8 inches from the light souce. I think there's room for about 3 potted plants total. Eventually, I want to setup the tank again to house fish, but I figured I could try and get some use out of it while it's dismantled. What do you think I could put in there? I wouldn't put any soil in the tank and the potted plants would each rest on a dish of gravel to help with humidity. I also only fertilize with tank water, so only organic elements would ever touch the tank. I figured the glass would also help trap humidity. I wanted to try some more light-demanding orchids and humidity-loving houseplants. Since it wouldn't be holding water or fish, it would be much easier to move around and perhaps a pretty display.
I think it would be a nice way to use the tank until I can set it up again, but any suggestions? Ideas? Criticisms? Thanks in advance.
llj
I'm dismantling my 8g finnex tank and moving all occupants to a 36g bowfront. Talk about housing upgrade! I'm wondering if I can use the 8g tank and the light fixture to perhaps grow some plants in pots. It's an open top tank.
The light fixture is a 24W compact Florescent fixture with 7100K color temperature. I wish I knew the Lumens, but I don't. The light source is about 13 inches from the bottom of the tank. So plants in 4 inch pots will be about 7-8 inches from the light souce. I think there's room for about 3 potted plants total. Eventually, I want to setup the tank again to house fish, but I figured I could try and get some use out of it while it's dismantled. What do you think I could put in there? I wouldn't put any soil in the tank and the potted plants would each rest on a dish of gravel to help with humidity. I also only fertilize with tank water, so only organic elements would ever touch the tank. I figured the glass would also help trap humidity. I wanted to try some more light-demanding orchids and humidity-loving houseplants. Since it wouldn't be holding water or fish, it would be much easier to move around and perhaps a pretty display.
I think it would be a nice way to use the tank until I can set it up again, but any suggestions? Ideas? Criticisms? Thanks in advance.
llj
