I got my parents to get me a 55gal with glass canopy today. I wanted to make it into a planted tank and I was thinking to grow them using direct sunlight. I will be using fluorite as substrate and I will add lots of amano shrimps and otos to keep the algae down. Good idea or disaster?
Grow plants using direct sunlight?
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With alot of direct sunlight, it's tough not to get an algae explosion.
It can also heat up your tank too much which the plants won't appreciate.
Make sure you put in enough plants to help starve the algae of nutrients.
It can also heat up your tank too much which the plants won't appreciate.
Make sure you put in enough plants to help starve the algae of nutrients.
I guess that's a bad idea then, how about indirect sunlight? The tank will receive a bit of direct in the morning and lots of indirect all afternoon. Will that keep plants alive?
Natural sunlight tanks are very possible, and can produce beautiful tanks. However, in your parts, the light will not be intense enough for many plants. You could do a low light to medium light tank, with according plants. The biggest issue with tanks like that are that they need to have a minimum of 8 hours of direct sunlight a day, which is more than it will see in most windows.