my planted tank FTS

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my planted tank FTS

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18*9*15 inch tank
lighting is a 48 watt led
DIY CO2
jeneca HOB filter
i dose micronutrients and ferrite weekly at water change

plants: cabomba and valisneria species mainly, also giant hygrophilia and java fern and a tiger lily plant. Christmas moss on the driftwood and Dwarf Sagittaria in the foreground

substrate is river sand
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Hi let us know more about yourself at self introduction a sectionsectioAlso it is very important to give total specification about your setup so that we find scope of improvement. Format as follows


Tank size
Lighting with wattage
Filtration
Co2 system
Fertilization
Plant name
Substrate etc
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parthapratim22 wrote:Hi let us know more about yourself at self introduction a sectionsectioAlso it is very important to give total specification about your setup so that we find scope of improvement. Format as follows


Tank size
Lighting with wattage
Filtration
Co2 system
Fertilization
Plant name
Substrate etc

:1 :1

I thought you are using blue lights?
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Re: my planted tank FTS

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SCORPIO wrote:
parthapratim22 wrote:Hi let us know more about yourself at self introduction a sectionsectioAlso it is very important to give total specification about your setup so that we find scope of improvement. Format as follows


Tank size
Lighting with wattage
Filtration
Co2 system
Fertilization
Plant name
Substrate etc

:1 :1

I thought you are using blue lights?

looks blue because its a 10000K LED
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stephndsz wrote:
SCORPIO wrote:
parthapratim22 wrote:Hi let us know more about yourself at self introduction a sectionsectioAlso it is very important to give total specification about your setup so that we find scope of improvement. Format as follows


Tank size
Lighting with wattage
Filtration
Co2 system
Fertilization
Plant name
Substrate etc

:1 :1

I thought you are using blue lights?

looks blue because its a 10000K LED
10K lights are not suitable for planted tanks.
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Re: my planted tank FTS

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SCORPIO wrote:
stephndsz wrote:
SCORPIO wrote:
parthapratim22 wrote:Hi let us know more about yourself at self introduction a sectionsectioAlso it is very important to give total specification about your setup so that we find scope of improvement. Format as follows


Tank size
Lighting with wattage
Filtration
Co2 system
Fertilization
Plant name
Substrate etc

:1 :1

I thought you are using blue lights?

looks blue because its a 10000K LED
10K lights are not suitable for planted tanks.

well i've seen really good growth with this LED, all my plants pearling and giving out oxygen.. everything green. I do agree the picture doesn't do it justice and it may seem brownish, but thats some debris.. the plants have been great
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Nice.
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Rams are looking too beautiful in blue light.
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tell you what, I liked the whole look of the tank, minimally planted and colorful fish.
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Pintoo wrote:Rams are looking too beautiful in blue light.
saikumar wrote:tell you what, I liked the whole look of the tank, minimally planted and colorful fish.
devchitra wrote:Nice.
thanks guys!
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