Angry_Platy
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I have decided I want a planted tank
However as it is currently I have very low light levels in which only very limited plants will grow. And I want nice plants with high light requirements like amazon sword and val and the like.
SOOO...soon I will be investing in more lighting in the form of metal halides. The smallest wattage available is 150watts which will give me 5wpg. i have been told this is too much by some peeps here however the person I emailed (from the place selling the MHs) said that 5wpg would be OK provided I didn't have them on ALL the time. He said I would need to adjust my light accordingly once i had the plants and everything was going good. Does anyone see any problems with this?
BREATHE!!!!
So, planning ahead, I know I will need some kind of CO2 system as well. How do these work? Are they high maintenance and do they cost much to set up???
OK. I think thats all for now......
However as it is currently I have very low light levels in which only very limited plants will grow. And I want nice plants with high light requirements like amazon sword and val and the like.
SOOO...soon I will be investing in more lighting in the form of metal halides. The smallest wattage available is 150watts which will give me 5wpg. i have been told this is too much by some peeps here however the person I emailed (from the place selling the MHs) said that 5wpg would be OK provided I didn't have them on ALL the time. He said I would need to adjust my light accordingly once i had the plants and everything was going good. Does anyone see any problems with this?
BREATHE!!!!
So, planning ahead, I know I will need some kind of CO2 system as well. How do these work? Are they high maintenance and do they cost much to set up???
OK. I think thats all for now......