aquariumlover10 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 So I should have my led light and sand by the middle of next week if all goes well, so I want to start thinking about what plants I should get, the light is a total of 300 lumens, and I will have sand, so I am open to any suggestions and if they are on the cheaper side that would be better. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Thanks, I have some Java fern, I really want to try some crypts and say and sowrds, well I want to try alot of plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I can send you a Crypt wenditti red im breaking down one of my tanks and need to get rid of all the stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Would take, but my mom said she doesn't like people sending me stuff, I could pmbarley convince her to order my light off Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Here's the plants I am thinking about, in no particular order. Foreground Banana plant Dwarf baby tears Anubias nana Micro sword Cryptocoryne parva Monosolenium tenerum Midground Ludwigia peruensis Cardinal plant Cryptocoryne wendtii Cryptocoryne lutea Java fern lace Cryptocoryne undulata Background Wisteria Red flame Bolbitis heudelotii Cryptocoryne balansae Giant red rotala/rotala macrandra Echinodorus bleheri Floating Crystalwort Will keep editing with new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Hello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 perhaps you said in your other thread? what light are you getting? Your mom is right , advising you to be careful so where will the plants come from? aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Its a marineland led strip light, with caribsea floramax with sand on top and seachem flourish as a ferts. Lfs or petco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Oh, did you order the marineland yet? Because I don't think it grows plants well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 No, do you know another led that grows plants, that costs $30? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Off hand, no. For a ready-to-go solution, I think beamsworks are lowest cost, but when I tried to sift thru all the models out there, I got quickly overwhelmed trying to figure it all out. Stingray seems to be next, but is over $40. Otherwise, DIY might be done for cheaper. Like landscape lights, but have to figure out how to wire and mount them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 So here my options Option 1 Light: Marineland led strip light $32.00 Hood/lid: $12.99 Sand: $3.76 Aquasoil: $16.99 Ferts: $6.99(I think or $5.99) Option 2 Light: Finnex stingray $43.04 Everything else the same as op 1. Which should I go for? I would need to save some more to get the sub for op 2 but I also need to anyway for plants before I replace sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35ppt Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 All I can say is that I have read in multiple places is that the marineland really does not work for plants. I believe it does not give off enough PAR. If you just need to illuminate the tank, it is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Oi, I will get a stingray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Heya AL10, I have a stingray, it's a nice fixture. I haven't owned a marineland light but i definitely think it's worth the ten more bones you'd spend. I've been shopping lights for a tenner, and have yet to find anything I consider a better deal than finnex stingray. Just my 2 cents, good to see you back buddy. RyeGuy411 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquariumlover10 Posted May 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Ok cool, I am definitely going with a stingray, with how long less last I don't want to be stuck with a bad fixture for 5 years, also I eventually want to get anothe stingray and have 2 on their so the lighting will be better, tonight I am going to be listening to music and research and adding up everything I want to get, mainly the plants and fish, I think I want to get some peppered corydoras and some neon tetras or harlequin rasboras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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