My first 4foot Adventure

okay, i have 2 skywhite installed, both 30 what. is this fine for my tank? low tech plants?

 

What is the total liters of your tank again? Sure it will be fine hey.

 

You might add one more tube maybe

 

I ran my 4ft with 1x54w 8000k and 1x54w 10000k when I was using DIY CO2. I added another 2x54w 6500k when I added pressurised CO2. What plants are you keeping/wanting to keep?

 

it's a 250 liter tank, im guessing after substrate and ornaments it is about 200 liters. i want to grow low tech plants, i will post the names of the plants aswell:
luwigea repens
Echinodorus amazonicus
Echinodorus cordifolius
Hygrophilla
Echinodorus parva
Hygrophila polysperma
Bacopa monnieri
Elodea.

 

forgot about java fern and hornwort. I will buy a few more plants end of the month

 

luwigia repens - low light but better with high lights, medium co2 suggested
Echinodorus amazonicus - not sure
Echinodorus cordifolius - very low light and co2 requirements
Hygrophilla - Which species?
Echinodorus parva - Do you mean Cryptocoryne Parva? - Low/medium light requirements, medium co2 suggested
Hygrophila polysperma - Grow like a weed - BL I think...
Bacopa monnieri - Low/medium light, medium co2
Elodea - Grows like a weed

 

I dose BIO-CARBOND

Do i need to increase lights?

 

@Hawk, what you mean by high lights? should my lights be higher than the water surface? :nuts: (just kidding) what high lights do you mean?

 

It means instead of 2 tubes you need 4 tubes giving you a higher watt to gallon ratio.

 

o 4 tubes???!! what about 3?

 

Yes 3 should be fine for a while.

 

No, don't increase your lights and Bio Carbon will probably be fine with your plant choice. As hviviers said, it has to do with the amount of light on your tank. most of your plants want 0.25 - 0.5w/gallon

 

oky cool, found out that cold water changes is fine if i don't place back the fish until the water is warmer, the bacteria will still survive, thanx everyone.

 

Im going to petstop tomorrow or saturday, i want to buy 10-15 cories. green cories and albino cories

 

Dude just make sure that in whatever container/bin the fish will be that you have a heater in their with maybe a small filter or airpump so water gets oxygenated. And also make sure that when you put your fish back into the tank that the water is the same temperature you could also introduce them like newly bought fish just to be on the safe side.

 

@Javei don't go all cory crazy on me, if I go to petstop and they don't have corys I'll know that you where there.
No I'm just kidding good luck.

 

hehehe cool :nuts:

 

how do i know my canister is working to hard? hmm how do i ask this..... How do i know i will not burn out the canister?

 

Mine has been making some odd noised lately,same model as yours.

mmmm,sshhh,mmmm,shhhh

Something like that

I guess i need to go looking for spare parts in case it goes.