I have heard some plants need 3-5 watts per gallon for lighting. My light is a straight pin 6500 k 36 watt bulb, does that mean I need 3-4 of them for my 29 gallon tank or no?
Lighting requirements?
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ok, I just have some anubias in there right now with some Taiwan moss, a banana plant and duckweed. How fast will the Taiwan moss and anubias grow? I'm not familiar with them, would the light be ok for them (I have it on 8 hours a day). Note that it said anubias need 2-3 watts per gallon, does that mean anubias won't be ok in my tank? I have an extra 6500k 36 watt bulb if it helps and I use thrive as a fertilizer
Anubias is a very slow grower, duckweed though, that's very quick growing, even with your low lighting it will probably cover your tank and block the light to the other plants in a few weeks.
I'm not familiar with Taiwan moss. From pics I'd guess it would be a lot like java moss that I do have experience with. Nasty debris catcher that then breaks loose, clogs your filters and kills everything while you're away.
I'm not a fan of it.
I'm not a fan of it.
I have it on a bonsai tree driftwood that I'm trying to make look like a tree. I did get a bit of java moss into my tank once when I was getting fish they got some of that moss, I just put it in the tank and it did fine, didn't grow or die offI'm not familiar with Taiwan moss. From pics I'd guess it would be a lot like java moss that I do have experience with. Nasty debris catcher that then breaks loose, clogs your filters and kills everything while you're away.
I'm not a fan of it.
If by straight pin you mean you are using flourescent tube lighting such as T5 bulbs then then that should be more than enough for a low light setup...
Too much light or not enough plants to use up nutrienets and you may find algae outbreaks happening...
However, the fact you have duckweed should help avoid that problem as long as it doesnt cover your tank surface so much it doesnt let any light through at all killing the plants below...
Anyway, about the anubias, they are some of the slowest growing plants around so i wouldnt worry too much about them... just mainly the moss you’ll need to keep clean to prevent too much free floating debris getting trapped in there over time causing dirty water...
Too much light or not enough plants to use up nutrienets and you may find algae outbreaks happening...
However, the fact you have duckweed should help avoid that problem as long as it doesnt cover your tank surface so much it doesnt let any light through at all killing the plants below...
Anyway, about the anubias, they are some of the slowest growing plants around so i wouldnt worry too much about them... just mainly the moss you’ll need to keep clean to prevent too much free floating debris getting trapped in there over time causing dirty water...
I don't have to worry about the duckweed, my dojo loaches eat it, how fast will the moss grow?
If its the same one i’ve kept in the past, then initally if its tied completely flat along the surface of say a piece if slate, it will take approx 3 months for you to have a pretty decent sized clump...
In my old 60G, i had a piece of slate maybe 20cm x 15cm where my lfs painstakingly laid down each strand of moss going one direction before tying it down with fishing line... so it was completely flush against the surface of the rock on one side...
If you look at the top pic in the image below, in the right hand corner next to the red plant is the moss to begin with, then it took approx 6 months for it to look like the last pic you see in the same image...
So basically once it gets going, it can really take off...
In my old 60G, i had a piece of slate maybe 20cm x 15cm where my lfs painstakingly laid down each strand of moss going one direction before tying it down with fishing line... so it was completely flush against the surface of the rock on one side...
If you look at the top pic in the image below, in the right hand corner next to the red plant is the moss to begin with, then it took approx 6 months for it to look like the last pic you see in the same image...
So basically once it gets going, it can really take off...