How big is your tank? also how tall is it... Powerglo and Aquaglo are quite good lighting... those plants need from 40 to 50 lumen per liter to grow dense.
Im not sure about the exact reason..
My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
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RVS
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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Puff_Daddy
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
I don't have the exact measurements to hand but it's 125 litres in volume.RVS wrote:How big is your tank? also how tall is it... Powerglo and Aquaglo are quite good lighting... those plants need from 40 to 50 lumen per liter to grow dense.
Im not sure about the exact reason..
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warlord238
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
tank looks awesome...i saw this picture yesterday and i went to my lfs today to buy the plants to try and replicate your setup and am going back tomorow to get more
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Puff_Daddy
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
Cheers, that's the highest form of flattery! Good luck with it and don't forget to post a pic. But don't make it better than mine!warlord238 wrote:tank looks awesome...i saw this picture yesterday and i went to my lfs today to buy the plants to try and replicate your setup and am going back tomorow to get more
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RVS
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M. Abei
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A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
lol a setup contest already?
Well PD, i think we got a lighting problem, those plants need theoretically 1 watt per liter, but i prefer lumen per liter.
I guess your lamps are 60 cm (24" or 30" ); 20 W... doesn't it?
so, they produce... POWER-GLO: 1400 lumens, aprox , AQUA-GLO 500 lumens, aprox, we have 1900 lumens / 100 liters = 19lm/lt.
19lm/lt, its not enough for those plants to grow like you want, we need at least 30lm/lt
I recommend you to add a SUN-GLO or a TRUE-LITE tube, it will give you +1650 lumen, that will be 35lm/lt.
By the way, did i told you i love your puff-daddy image? lol
Well PD, i think we got a lighting problem, those plants need theoretically 1 watt per liter, but i prefer lumen per liter.
I guess your lamps are 60 cm (24" or 30" ); 20 W... doesn't it?
so, they produce... POWER-GLO: 1400 lumens, aprox , AQUA-GLO 500 lumens, aprox, we have 1900 lumens / 100 liters = 19lm/lt.
19lm/lt, its not enough for those plants to grow like you want, we need at least 30lm/lt
I recommend you to add a SUN-GLO or a TRUE-LITE tube, it will give you +1650 lumen, that will be 35lm/lt.
By the way, did i told you i love your puff-daddy image? lol
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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Puff_Daddy
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
Thanks, that's very useful advice. Do you think a combination of SUN-GlO and TRUE-LITE would be the better solution, or a maybe different coupling?RVS wrote:lol a setup contest already?
Well PD, i think we got a lighting problem, those plants need theoretically 1 watt per liter, but i prefer lumen per liter.
I guess your lamps are 60 cm (24" or 30" ); 20 W... doesn't it?
so, they produce... POWER-GLO: 1400 lumens, aprox , AQUA-GLO 500 lumens, aprox, we have 1900 lumens / 100 liters = 19lm/lt.
19lm/lt, its not enough for those plants to grow like you want, we need at least 30lm/lt
I recommend you to add a SUN-GLO or a TRUE-LITE tube, it will give you +1650 lumen, that will be 35lm/lt.
By the way, did i told you i love your puff-daddy image? lol
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warlord238
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
lol sure thing...i also need to bu a new bulb thats more plant appropriate...it wont bother my arrowhead tho right?
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RVS
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Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
umm... putting 1 SUN-GlO and 1 TRUE-LITE instead of the ones you have?
it could work if you don't have the chance to add a third tube, juts be sure that the new tubes fit on your structure before you buy them...
hey warlord238! does arrowhead tend to bury them selves? i don't have experience with that puffers, but I'm sure all puffers need a cave or a shaded area to rest from light, at least my gsp tend to bite some leaves to make a little vegetal cave and rest lol
it could work if you don't have the chance to add a third tube, juts be sure that the new tubes fit on your structure before you buy them...
hey warlord238! does arrowhead tend to bury them selves? i don't have experience with that puffers, but I'm sure all puffers need a cave or a shaded area to rest from light, at least my gsp tend to bite some leaves to make a little vegetal cave and rest lol
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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Puff_Daddy
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
Do these come in 25W? I've had a hard time finding a true-lite tube...RVS wrote:umm... putting 1 SUN-GlO and 1 TRUE-LITE instead of the ones you have?
it could work if you don't have the chance to add a third tube, juts be sure that the new tubes fit on your structure before you buy them...
hey warlord238! does arrowhead tend to bury them selves? i don't have experience with that puffers, but I'm sure all puffers need a cave or a shaded area to rest from light, at least my gsp tend to bite some leaves to make a little vegetal cave and rest lol
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RVS
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2 T. Nigroviridis
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M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
let me check on my suppliers, he knows more than me.
But I'm sure Sun GLO has a T5, 20w 24" ... And TRUE-LITE only manage T12 in that size, its a big lamp....
P.S: I love your Puffdady pic lol!
But I'm sure Sun GLO has a T5, 20w 24" ... And TRUE-LITE only manage T12 in that size, its a big lamp....
P.S: I love your Puffdady pic lol!
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Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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RVS
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2 T. Nigroviridis
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M. Abei
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A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
RVS wrote:let me check on my suppliers, he knows more than me.
But I'm sure Sun GLO has a T5, 20w 24" ... And TRUE-LITE only manage T12 in that size, its a big lamp....
P.S: I love your Puffdady pic lol!
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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ehz_148
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Re: My New Aquascaped Puffer Tank
:O this is such a cool setup! I've just been researching plants to use in my brackish tank.!!!!! My LFS just said he's ordering some for me that they don't have stock of. After reading a brackish plants post here and then doing extra research about what lighting and hardiness I have decided on moneywort, watersprite, african tiger lotus if he can get it. I have a couple new java fern already still latching onto my rocks, but it's not quite complete yet.
Hopefully I can also find a nice piece of driftwood on the beach sometime. Is there a procedure I should undergo to disinfect or treat any driftwood found on the beach before putting it in with my f8's ?
Again, nice job on your tank!
Hopefully I can also find a nice piece of driftwood on the beach sometime. Is there a procedure I should undergo to disinfect or treat any driftwood found on the beach before putting it in with my f8's ?
Again, nice job on your tank!
"can I share your cave?"