goodwin626 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 hi all received a new aquaone 4ft tank tank recently, and looking to turn it into a nice room dividing planted tank. as its my first looking for approval and ideas lighting-tank came with a hood that houses 3 3ft t8 bulbs, which im thinking of changing out to 4 t5 54w and led moonlight strip. substrate-diy, propergating sand, blood &bone, marble chips, then top with black moon sand looking to plant- a vareity of anubias, java ferns/moss, swords, wisteria, ambulia and val varieties. dosing liquid ferts weekly, using rain water after any comments tips or tricks to help me along and succeed hopefully. is the lighting fine how it is or should i change it? cheers jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 wont need t5 lights for that list of lpants just put some good 6500k t8 tubes in and go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah1234 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Definitely wont need 4 x t5's for that tank. I run 2 t5's on my high light high tech planted and they are more than enough . I would gather a bunch of inspiration pics of what you want to achieve and go from there. Decide if you want any rocks or driftwood in the scape too. Keep us updated with progress and pics . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwin626 Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 well thats deffinately a bonus and if i want to go more high tech will upgrade later down the track. got an idea of what i want and what i need. just making such i have the basics right first then go for it. thank you for the help jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangles Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Sounds like you have a good start with substrate and lighting.Make sure you post some pics of progress. Cheers Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
