Stsrting A Planted Tank

[Vancar]

Hi,

I'm going to be starting a planted tank in the near future and i wondered if the plants will do ok in one of these:

http/www.juwel-aquarium.de/en/rekord.htm

 

[stevereade]

Depends on lighting, which plants your going for? Etc

 

[Vancar]

Depends on lighting, which plants your going for? Etc

will be going with the standard lighting that comes with the tank if possible and I don't know what plants tbh.

 

[Athena]

The lighting system with that tank is 1 x 15 W T8 tube, if that helps you work things out. I have a Juwel Rekord tank but no live plants in there as I have a couple of small cichlids in there that shred live plants to bits.

Athena

 

[justjon]

I had one of these, and to be honest plants I tried struggled with this lighting, i'm not an expert but at a guess a lot of plants would need help of C02 in that tank.

 

[ian]

There would be no need for CO2 in a tank that size with the light that low. You could grow most plants with that light, although growth would be slow.

 

[justjon]

There would be no need for CO2 in a tank that size with the light that low. You could grow most plants with that light, although growth would be slow.

Maybe mine were a bad batch, I started to get very bad quality plants after a while, and was actually told i'd need c02 by my lfs (thankfully didn't buy any)

ian - can you take a look at my other thread? Obviously know what you're talking about

 

[Vancar]

thanks Ian, make me more confidant about purchasing the tank.