Shayesmommy Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 i bought a 120gallon tank about 1 month or so ago and its been sitting in my basement in storage. I wanted to upgrade my 80g discus tank. anyways my mom and her husband are finally moving out of my basement in 3 days which means finally i get my fish room and my 120g set up. I tried a planted tank before in my 80 it didnt last very long and it was only a few plants and 300 dollar lights later. I know nothing and i want to make the 120g completely planted. and do it right. i dont have money to go out and buy lights. its the basic lights that come with it or any tank. i keep my water temp at about 83-86 so i know water temp is high and has something to do with keeping plants. so basically i need some low light plant that require high temps. if anyone can give me some names. And as for subtrate i was hoping to get just sand or a very fine gravel subtrate in a nice light white/brown color I know petland reddeer has some ok looking stuff but i dont want it to alter my ph which is 6.5 I also will probably be going to calgary in the next month so places that have what i might need would be great if i cant get it here. im very excited about my new tank and i cant wait to get it all planned out :D so any ideas and any help would be great. thanks Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 Try Valisneria spp. There are a few different species that should do OK in your tank. If you really want plants to do well, you should think about investing in a CO2 system - pressurised would be the way to go. The only problem that I could see for you is that the CO2 system will likely run you close to $200. You could probably get away with T8 lighting over your 120 - how deep is it? Is it 72"? If you can get close to 2 wpg, you should be able to keep just about anything; and, with CO2, you'll be able to grow most plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayesmommy Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 (edited) the dimensions are l-60inches h-26inches w-18inches I think in the long run we will invest in some good lights and co2 but for now we will keep it simple. I got set a link to check out low light plants. I would love to have a nicely planted tank with high light plants but right now i dont think that will happen. we also have a 48 inch coralife with 2x65watts light on the 80 which we could put on there but even with the basics and those i dont think it would cut it. not quite. Say if i got another 48inch 2x65 watt. it would be more then enough lighting but would it be ideal? would all the plants thrive if i did that?no matter where i put them? Edited February 27, 2007 by Shayesmommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 With tank depth of 22" (after substrate), you'll the want stronger lights, if you're wanting to go fully planted - NO flourescents might not cut it for some foreground plants. In the mean time, Valisneria spp. will do fine. Larger swords will also do well - so will Crypts. These plants will probably not grow too fast, but they'll do just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayesmommy Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 thanks i will get this figured out. I just am so excited to get my discus in there new home. i think they will love the extra room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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