i have been tossing around the idea of starting a nano planted tank for my desk at home and even talked to wyldfya about it today just not in to much detail.
i would like the tank size to be between 2.5 and 3 gallons.
so i have a 27 watt desk lamp that i have seen other people use in nano planted tanks before. i got it at homedepot and it says that it has a "sunlight bulb" is that ok for plants it doesnt say the K (atleast that i noticed). this is the LIGHT will this light work with out changing the bulb? or do i need to hunt for a new bulb and mostly high light stuff like glosso and low growing stuff some grasses
also for substrate i have seen people use unfertilized potting soil topped with sand. is this good? or would sand and a few root tabs be better? or would it be better to try and get florite in a small quantity?
i would like to keep a few shrimp in the tank and maybe some tetras but not sure. if it is planted heavy will i need a filter? i will do water changes once a week....of more. i know i need some water movement so ill atleast have a tiny powerhead in there but do i need a filter for somthing this small that is densly planted?
also i will be dosing with flourish and excel. i can put a diy CO2 system on it but will i really need it if im doing excel? also in my larger tanks i have a air bubbler run at night to off set the plants not producing any will i have to do this on this small of a tank?
sorry for all the questions but any advice would be great its kinda hard to find nano stuff that isnt a reef. thanks for the help.
i would like the tank size to be between 2.5 and 3 gallons.
so i have a 27 watt desk lamp that i have seen other people use in nano planted tanks before. i got it at homedepot and it says that it has a "sunlight bulb" is that ok for plants it doesnt say the K (atleast that i noticed). this is the LIGHT will this light work with out changing the bulb? or do i need to hunt for a new bulb and mostly high light stuff like glosso and low growing stuff some grasses
also for substrate i have seen people use unfertilized potting soil topped with sand. is this good? or would sand and a few root tabs be better? or would it be better to try and get florite in a small quantity?
i would like to keep a few shrimp in the tank and maybe some tetras but not sure. if it is planted heavy will i need a filter? i will do water changes once a week....of more. i know i need some water movement so ill atleast have a tiny powerhead in there but do i need a filter for somthing this small that is densly planted?
also i will be dosing with flourish and excel. i can put a diy CO2 system on it but will i really need it if im doing excel? also in my larger tanks i have a air bubbler run at night to off set the plants not producing any will i have to do this on this small of a tank?
sorry for all the questions but any advice would be great its kinda hard to find nano stuff that isnt a reef. thanks for the help.
