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Planthead
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 Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:59 pm Post subject: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Hi Friends
I restarted my planted tank setup 2days before , below are my tank details
I need a help whether my light and co2 requirement is enough, i am lacking somewhere to create aqua garden.
Please comment, so that i can learn the art of aqua garden.
TankSize 32*17*26 in inches --acrylic
Light 24W*2 (T5@20000K) --10hrs daily
Filter sunsun 303A 1400L/h --running 24hrs
Filter Media Aquaclay 12mm, aquaclay 4mm and one more media
Soil NA Power sand 6L
Amazonia new 12L
NA soil bacteria
Co2 haliea Co2 carbon plate
flourish excel (daily as recommended)
Liquid Fert: trace elements (every week)
NA potassium daily
Plants :
currently : hair grass, Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Planning : bacopa, macrandra green, Rotala rotundifolia "Green"
Temp : morning 28C , night 25-26C |
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 1:52 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Light is a little low. Add another PLL but reduce timing to 8hrs.
GEt rid of the carbon plate its useless. |
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 6:59 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Needs more lighting! But 10 hours is too much.
Do post a picture of your tank as well.
Also I'm new as well to planted aquaria, someone educate me on what a carbon plate is? |
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 7:18 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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| Get rid of the 20000K bulbs, they are for reef tanks. |
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Hi friends,
Thanks to all for the quick response.
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Light is a little low. Add another PLL but reduce timing to 8hrs.
GEt rid of the carbon plate its useless.
@mortis, I will add another 36w PL and reduce to 8hrs, currently I may not able add pressurized co2...due to its safety concern...so left only with carbon plate.
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Needs more lighting! But 10 hours is too much.
Do post a picture of your tank as well.
Also I'm new as well to planted aquaria, someone educate me on what a carbon plate is?
@navneethtk. , Soon i will post the picture of my setup...carbon plate is used with electrolysis machine to produce co2....five years before, I used nisso brand and got success...will post the picture.
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Get rid of the 20000K bulbs, they are for reef tanks.
@madan ...Iam using 24*2 T5 light...each light 10000k....whether I should change to 6500k?
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| Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:04 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Hi Friends
Please find the photos of my earlier setup |
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Planthead
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Hi friends
For me current tank setup, which mentioned in first post...adding another 24*2 T5 light would be sufficent?
by adding this ....for 30G tank, 4*24W T5 =96W and 1PLL 36W
Total 132W, which comes under 4.4W per gallon
All T5 will be 10000K, just want to double check before buying 24*2 T5 light. |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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You cannot add kelvin rating of bulbs together, it is like saying I am buying two shoes of size 5 each as size 10 is not available.
6500 K is good enough for planted tanks, I don't know if you will have any specific advantage with 10000 k bulbs.
A tank of 32X17X26 will be 61 gallons, and 132 watts will be 2.16 w/g, where did 4.4 g come from? |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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hi sandeep
Thanks for the reply,Iam not getting the 6500K T5 light, most of the LFS..not stocking them, i am getting only 10K or 12K
The Tank volume is 125L..Please find the spec
MODEL: HRC-1032B
SIZE:800(L)*426(W)*670(H)mm
VOLUME:125L |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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| Planthead wrote (View Post):
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hi sandeep
Thanks for the reply,Iam not getting the 6500K T5 light, most of the LFS..not stocking them, i am getting only 10K or 12K
The Tank volume is 125L..Please find the spec
MODEL: HRC-1032B
SIZE:800(L)*426(W)*670(H)mm
VOLUME:125L
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Why are checking only in LFS. You get 6500K T5 tubes from most of the good electrical shops.
10000 and 20000K tubes are used for marine tanks. Its of no use for planted tank. For planted tank, you need tubes with 6500 kelvin ratings. |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 5:54 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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| Thanks shelly ...today will check with electrical shop for 6500 k lights. |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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| And 2.2 WPG is fine for a setup without pressurized CO2. 4WPG will just result in algae |
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Today changed my 10000k light to osram 24w t5 6500k...
@mortis. I kept diy co2 & electrolysis co2 generator, my co2 drop checker showing green shade. As well as dosing excel as recommended. Is this sufficient to raise the light 4wpg? |
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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+1 Mortis
Why are you bent on 4WPG? As suggested by Mortis, use only around 2 to 2.5 WPG. More light will give you a huge headache in terms of algae. Reducing the light is the wisest thing to do to prevent algae. Your fish will also be happier with less light. And you will save on electricity too!
Also, don't start dosing ferts just yet. That will be another open house for algae.
+1 Navneeth: what is a carbon plate? |
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Planted Tank setup..help required |
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Carbon plate : Its a CO2 generator electronic equipment. Carbon plates are used in this device. You will have to replace the carbon plate after a period of its usage.
For reference: Carbon Plate CO2 generator |
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