Planted Marine

[demonmagus]

Hi, I've been thinking about a planted marine nano, but I don't know anything about the algaes and seaweeds and other things out there, and was wondering if anyone could help me out on this.

Also, Ski told me 2 T8's would be fine, would 24w of PC be alright over a 24g? or is this well too low

thanks

 

[Redstratplayer1]

Do you want mangroves ,sea grass,or just misc. alge.
I have some articles on thise type of set up would you like some links?

 

[demonmagus]

links would be great, seagrass - don't they need like 2 ft of sand to grow in?

I would probably go with various algaes, looking for suggestions on what types, red ones would be awesome

 

[Redstratplayer1]

Ok

Examples of tanks
Tank 1
Tank 2

In regards to the t8 bulbs
By the way you can keep mangroves under pc but t5 or halide are better
kelvin around 6500k

sea grass

mangroves


mangrove culture

Stages of marine plant aquascaping

The magic of co2

one more interesting thread on mangroves

didnt get to finish this one but i like the tank choice


As for sand 6 to 7 inches for a planted tank.

 

[demonmagus]

thanks for the links, really helpful

so I think I'll have to get quite a deep tank then

 

[Redstratplayer1]

If you can i would go with a 30 or 40 gallon breeder.
These tanks alowe you to make a nicer aouascape.
I have seen a 40 breeder that had a small reef ridge at one end then most of the tank was a sloping field of sea grass that ended in a small area that was out of water with dune grass and fiddler crabs.
Ther was also a area of mangroves in the shallows.