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I changed the lighting on my planted tank so I could get a little more light into the system. Here is how I currently have the tank set up. I have the following plants:

Red Temple (background)
Ozelot Swords (middle plants)
Amazon Sword (left plant)
Dwarf Sag (back, right side)

I now have 55 watts of light on the tank, so I'm VERY close to 2 wpg. I am thinking of taking the dwarf sag out and putting more red temple there, and maybe getting some type of plant that covers the bottom well.

I don't have any special gravel, but I will, hopefully soon, be using CO2 (DIY setup) on the tank to help aid the growth of the plants.

Here are my questions, is 1.9 WPG good enough for what I have with CO2? What plant could I get my tank as a carpet type plant? What suggestions do you have for my tank?

Thanks

Hi Rasco,

Tanks looking good, and those plants seem to be doing very well.

I don't have much experience of carpet plants, I think most of them are more trouble then they're worth, but for your set up dwarf hairgrass or microsword should work.

Other suggestions: lose the background ! Way too fussy and pictures of plants just distract the eyes from your real plants. Change to a black background, it will highlight you own plants and give a sense of depth.

Personally I wouldn't add anymore red temple. Granted it's a very beautiful plant but because of that it should be used sparingly as a centrepiece. Too much red just looks garish, too much of a good thing. A bold splash of red is much more effective. Try something that will contrast with the temple color and shape wise.Maybe some stargrass (ther's a big field of it in your background !) or Ambulia Aromatica.

Something small like Pearlweed close to the driftwood would be a really nice contrast to those beautiful swords.

Tank's looking real good - nice work.

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Hi Racso, I like your tank and really like that piece of driftwood. Was it an online purchase and if so, would you share your shopping spot? Thanks
Jan

[span class="edited"][Edited by puddle cat 2004-08-27 01:24][/span]

Thanks bensaf. We do have some stargrass in my store, but the problem is, i do not have any room really to put that in there. I thought about that, but i couldn't.

Also, now that it is a planted tank, i will move the background

Also, about the driftwood, i got that from my brother, and i don't know where he got it from, so sorry.