Polly
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- 23 May 2009
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Hi all, it's been a while since I've posted, but still lurking.
For a long while now, I've been wanting to change the lighting over my Juwel Rio 125 (2x T8s) over to LED. But I also want to not make the living room look as if a UFO has landed LOL So, for various reasons, I'd like to keep the original lid too.
I also don't want a stark white light that reduces all the colours of my fish. From what I've read, the plants won't really care what colour the lights are, as long as there is light.
The tank - Rio 125 with Juwel filter. Cat Litter substrate which has been great for the fish and plants, but I hate the terracotta colour, so have been looking for an alternative that will be dark but essentially the same. Looks like Colombo Flora Base Black is a possibility, just mulling that over.
The plants - currently lots (and I mean lots!) of Rotala indica, java fern, anubias, a couple of amazon swords and some crypts. If I do change the substrate, I'll be ordering more plants to add variety.
I've been running the tank as a low light, low tech and it's working, apart from the rotala going nuts and having to be cut back. Algae is present, but only a little, have had to wait quite a while to be able to buy a couple of algae eating fish
So, on to the Lights.
Having spent quite some time looking online, the Arcadia Classica Stretch 60cm looks promising, the blurb mentioning enhancing the red and blue colours of the fish. But do I need one or two for a low light tank? And how to fix the light under the lid?
Has anyone done this successfully ? (diy is not a problem, OH is a dab hand and would do a good job)
Are there any other options that I may have missed? I'm not planning to spend £000s on this, if I did, I'd spend it upgrading the tank
Anyway, thanks for reading
For a long while now, I've been wanting to change the lighting over my Juwel Rio 125 (2x T8s) over to LED. But I also want to not make the living room look as if a UFO has landed LOL So, for various reasons, I'd like to keep the original lid too.
I also don't want a stark white light that reduces all the colours of my fish. From what I've read, the plants won't really care what colour the lights are, as long as there is light.
The tank - Rio 125 with Juwel filter. Cat Litter substrate which has been great for the fish and plants, but I hate the terracotta colour, so have been looking for an alternative that will be dark but essentially the same. Looks like Colombo Flora Base Black is a possibility, just mulling that over.
The plants - currently lots (and I mean lots!) of Rotala indica, java fern, anubias, a couple of amazon swords and some crypts. If I do change the substrate, I'll be ordering more plants to add variety.
I've been running the tank as a low light, low tech and it's working, apart from the rotala going nuts and having to be cut back. Algae is present, but only a little, have had to wait quite a while to be able to buy a couple of algae eating fish
So, on to the Lights.
Having spent quite some time looking online, the Arcadia Classica Stretch 60cm looks promising, the blurb mentioning enhancing the red and blue colours of the fish. But do I need one or two for a low light tank? And how to fix the light under the lid?
Has anyone done this successfully ? (diy is not a problem, OH is a dab hand and would do a good job)
Are there any other options that I may have missed? I'm not planning to spend £000s on this, if I did, I'd spend it upgrading the tank
Anyway, thanks for reading