Suggestion And Help For My Tank.

[milindsaraswala]

I have 18 Gallon Tank with anubias nana, dwarf sagitteria, glosso. and java moss. DIY CO2. Substrate as Flora Max red. I am also adding Seachem Flourish weekly. Most important I don't any fish now. Tank is just 5 days. I am putting on my lights 10 hrs I have attached picture lights.


 
I don't know how much watt it is but they are LED.

Now my question is this light is enough for my tank or should I increase it. Next Do I need to add any fertilizer, if Yes than which one and how much dosage. Please give me name which are easily(i.e well known) available and cheap as I am tight on my budget.

My glosso is growing vertical and it is getting hole and white edge. dwarf sag is getting brown on end

Hope I will get some good answer.

 

 

[techen]

Hi there, hate to tell you but those leds won't be doing much in terms of growth. I'd advise you look into getting T5s HOs which would use the co2 far more.

If you are doing co2 you need to add fertilizer else you're plants will just die after a short amount of time. I suggest looking into dry ferts don't have a link for them at the moment but they can last over a year or more and provide everything the plants need

 

[AirFarceLive]

1) I think for the plants you own (Low light plants) the lighting should be perfect and will prevent algae.
2) I'd recomend to stick to Excel Flourish (Seachum or as I like to call it seacum) because it's like the thing they say for dentist "an apple a day keeps the dentist away" while here "its a cup of fert a day keeps the algae away!" (And for dosage follow instructions on back (Plus good price!)