75 gallon planted tank

[Paulbearer]

More medium than high.Have plenty of plants, watch the photoperiod, and you should be fine.

Thanks and I'm going to have several growout plecos for the 350 in there also. I do water changes every 4-5 days to help keep some of the algae food down for them and I can always raise the lights also.

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[HybridHerp]

Yah, I would most likely want to raise the lights if you are avoiding co2.

Also, pending on the species of pleco you are keeping, they might not exactly work out too well with plants. And since you are doing medium lighting, you would need to have some sort of fertilization going on so that the plants grow well, unless of course you have a nutritious substrate like using dirt capped with something.

 

[Paulbearer]

Yah, I would most likely want to raise the lights if you are avoiding co2.

Also, pending on the species of pleco you are keeping, they might not exactly work out too well with plants. And since you are doing medium lighting, you would need to have some sort of fertilization going on so that the plants grow well, unless of course you have a nutritious substrate like using dirt capped with something.

Getting around to finally getting this converted and picking up some dirt tomorrow and clay. Done a lot of reading over the past month and I've learned a lot to make me feel more comfortable before diving into it. Will get some pics up later before and after.

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[Aquaticfan]

Yah, I would most likely want to raise the lights if you are avoiding co2.

Also, pending on the species of pleco you are keeping, they might not exactly work out too well with plants. And since you are doing medium lighting, you would need to have some sort of fertilization going on so that the plants grow well, unless of course you have a nutritious substrate like using dirt capped with something.

Even with a great substrate Id recommend fertilizing the water column. Some plants are column feeders and will do better with it in the column. Also, Column feeding will replenish your substrate through exchange if the substrate is quality.

 

[Paulbearer]

Even with a great substrate Id recommend fertilizing the water column. Some plants are column feeders and will do better with it in the column. Also, Column feeding will replenish your substrate through exchange if the substrate is quality.

Dustin from www.aquaticjungles.com is helping me setup and ensure I have what I need. I'm going low tech right now to get the hang of things like sword, anubias, java, etc... Then we can go from there later.

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[HybridHerp]

That should be fine then. Dustin actually helped me get my feet wet with planted tanks (his vids got me into it), and he is great with the low tech stuff, but for high tech I'd look elsewhere. Not that he doesn't know how to do high-tech, but that there are others that do it better. Plus, his plant selection is more geared towards low light, where as high light stuff you should get from high light people.

 

[drewbiezy]

While there is some debate over color spectrum importance I can personally say that 6700k or even 10000k is FAR FAR superior to say a 2700 or an 18000, it's ridiculous the difference it makes for growth.

This is coming from knowledge of other plants and not those of a aquatic nature so some areas may slightly differ, but depending on plants especially those with a vegetative or vegetative only life cycle in their lives around 6k light temp/spec causes much higher growths than those of extremes whites or reds. t

 

[HybridHerp]

This is coming from knowledge of other plants and not those of a aquatic nature so some areas may slightly differ, but depending on plants especially those with a vegetative or vegetative only life cycle in their lives around 6k light temp/spec causes much higher growths than those of extremes whites or reds. t

I wouldn't go much above 7000K

I tried 10000K and it's not really that great.


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