BDB
Seedling
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Just joined this forum a few minutes ago
Well, things have certainly moved on since I last kept tropical fish way back in the mid to late 60's!!!
Thinking about starting up again but need some ideas, help and advice please.
I want to have a planted aquarium (really, you don't say??!!) with a few fish. But this time, I want to do it "properly" with appropriate lighting linked to a "good" co2 system.
Not sure of the tank size just yet, but will probably be somewhere in the region of 36"x15"x12".
So, my questions are:
1/ CO2 systems - Fluval, BioPlast, JBL, or maybe another that someone has experience of - pro's and con's. I've seen a few posts on here mentioning using fire extinguishers and I'm guessing a special adapter is going to be required to connect up.
2/ Lighting - LED's, fluorescents, metal halide, sodium - again, pro's and con's. Also, is the "rule of thumb" still used re - Watts per Gallon?
3/ Substrate - strictly necessary?
4/ External filters - I used to use Eheim in the past. Still a good bet or is there now something better?
Thanks in advance for any help
Bill.
Well, things have certainly moved on since I last kept tropical fish way back in the mid to late 60's!!!
Thinking about starting up again but need some ideas, help and advice please.
I want to have a planted aquarium (really, you don't say??!!) with a few fish. But this time, I want to do it "properly" with appropriate lighting linked to a "good" co2 system.
Not sure of the tank size just yet, but will probably be somewhere in the region of 36"x15"x12".
So, my questions are:
1/ CO2 systems - Fluval, BioPlast, JBL, or maybe another that someone has experience of - pro's and con's. I've seen a few posts on here mentioning using fire extinguishers and I'm guessing a special adapter is going to be required to connect up.
2/ Lighting - LED's, fluorescents, metal halide, sodium - again, pro's and con's. Also, is the "rule of thumb" still used re - Watts per Gallon?
3/ Substrate - strictly necessary?
4/ External filters - I used to use Eheim in the past. Still a good bet or is there now something better?
Thanks in advance for any help
Bill.