Question just about lighting?
I bought a top 30 gallon starter kit, the hood is only a single light strip. I want a planted aquarium and the bulb I put contained by is only 20 watts. So I don't think I am getting enough frothy - do you think that a twin bulb fixture will fit on my hood? Thanks.
Prob not unless its a cup top and not a full hood. You could just try to grow easy to grow low light plants or buy a full cup hood and buy your twin light strip then. But the problem your gonna have is every time you hoist the cover your gonna need to move the light. They do make twin lighting setups that go over a tank on bars. Good Luck any way.
you got a big decision to make.
low pallid plants or high light.
your tank is elevated making it a bad design for planted tanks, you will need more intensity surrounded by lighting to offset.
a low light set up is a great start and you might get absent with just a new bulb (6700k) approaching a hagen life glo 2. you need no co2 no substrate and dose a general fert exceedingly very lightly.
the other option...receive your wallet out a bit.
see keeping plants is easily 10 times harder than keeping fish in a high restrained set up. For some the challenge is alot of fun (like me) but do it right or all you'll grow is algae.
see light is the plants gas pedal..low flimsy means it needs very little to live.
furnish it high light and it takes sour and you can grow orange yellow and red plants easily.but whether you don't balance co2,ferts,substrate and light your toast.
a hagen t5ho twin 24w, eco-complete, ferts and a pressurized co2 system.
that with plants should cost you almost 700-800 bucks.
people don't realize 90% of problems occur with unstable co2 injection and poor circulation. DIY yeast co2 scarcely works in a ten gallon right.
low light is 70 bucks in plants and a 25 dollar bulb.
your biggest problem is restrained making it to the bottom in a high tank and a twin ballast won't effect intensity but it will oblige a bit so if you can find one cheap go for it.
good luck!
Answers: It is hard to tell sometimes because i put contained by a special light bulb just for plants and they would grow very all right so i replaced it with one that enhanced the color of my fish and they did great. It also depends on the plant if you have slow growers than a special wispy is needed but if you chose easy growers like java moss you will be fine. Hope i help!
