What Plants Shall I Get For My New Tank Aquaqube 40

[arif_93]

hi i just bought a aquaqube 40 of ebay (the one in pfk)
i never had a planted tank
can anyone advise me on any easy to look after plants that wont need any co2
i also need advice on what substrate to get
thanks
i will just be using the standard clip on light that came with the tanks it is 18 watts

 

[Themuleous]

Get the tropica substrate, its cheap and gets excellent reviews. As for plants there is a link in my sig to a list of easy plants by Llj

Sam

 

[arif_93]

Get the tropica substrate, its cheap and gets excellent reviews. As for plants there is a link in my sig to a list of easy plants by Llj

Sam

what about my lighting will 18 watts be enough for a heavily planted tank or will i need to get extra lighting

 

[RadaR]

18W wont really be enough IMO.
The cubes that people recieved from PFK are the aquaqube 25.

 

[Underwurlde]

Dude, breath in the raw, natural essence of these links man...
http/www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumap...tfinder/all.php
http/www.aquahobby.com/e_garden.php

Andy

 

[arif_93]

18W wont really be enough IMO.
The cubes that people recieved from PFK are the aquaqube 25.

i kno the pfk tanks wer aquaqube 25 but on ebay you can buy the larger version aquaqube40 which holds 40 litres of water
and how much wattage of lighting will i need.
i dont want to spend to much so im going to buy a collection of 25 plants of ebay for a fiver and maybe either 2.5l of tropica substrate or 2.8kg of tetraplant substrate

 

[R1ch13]

18W wont really be enough IMO.
The cubes that people recieved from PFK are the aquaqube 25.

i kno the pfk tanks wer aquaqube 25 but on ebay you can buy the larger version aquaqube40 which holds 40 litres of water
and how much wattage of lighting will i need.
i dont want to spend to much so im going to buy a collection of 25 plants of ebay for a fiver and maybe either 2.5l of tropica substrate or 2.8kg of tetraplant substrate

Go for tropica !

 

[Themuleous]

I would lave the lighting as it is for the time being, upgrade it later if you need to.

Sam

 

[arif_93]

I would lave the lighting as it is for the time being, upgrade it later if you need to.

Sam

im going to use the normal 18 watt lighting provided but also i have a lamp that can provied an extra 20 watts altoether i will have 38 watts of lighting will this be enough for my aquaqube filled with about 20 plants???
im not getting tropica substarte bcuz i want black substarte so i will get a bag of 2.8kg tetraplant complete substrate
is this ok