20Gal Long!

[TattedUpFishGuy]

Ok cool! Thanks Troy

[troy tucker]

Havnt been to haw yet. How is their plant selection? Or shrimp selection.

HAW. is like no other place in town. They are a Discus store. They do have things like plants and other fish. Seen some amano shrimp last time I was there. They had some nice plants too. The next GHAC meeting will be there. Everyone should come out.

[Crush]

What day is it

[troy tucker]

8-29-15 it's a Sat.

[Crush]

I may go but only for a couple min.

[morpheus]

I havent been to HAW yet, so hope to make that meeting. but for plants fish gallery does have a nice selection, also ADG carries a good amount as well

[JCrizz]

Snails are food but guppies are not?

Why you gotta bring guppies into this?!

I love HAW! He does get random selections sometimes, but John is super helpful and that is my go to store. That's where I got my Plecos and platys. There have been times I was thinking about a fish or shrimp and he deterred me based on my tank. Not just out for a sale like some of these places I've been to. I haven't lost a fish from John yet and you can tell he takes good care of them.

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[JCrizz]

What size light to you recommend for my newly planted tank? I was looking at the 18" LED from Marineland, but I wasn't sure if that would be enough for the 30" long tank. thoughts?

[morpheus]

depends on the layout you are planning for. with an 18" light, you figure there are 6" on each side that wont get the same amount of light as the central section.

the 30" length tank is in between. usually with LED strips you get 24" or 36"....some fit multiple tank sizes, but the lower bound is the size of the light (so if it says 24" to 36" that means the light itself is 24" and the end extensions can go out to 36")

its personal preference, but i typically try to get a light that spans the entire length as best i can find. marineland does have a 30x12 inch hood...but dont know if that will fit your tank width wide

[JCrizz]

Do you know anything about the light in the hood? Would it be okay for beginner plants (amazon sword, annubias, anacharis, wisteria, java fern, java moss)? Wow... I have way more of a variety of plants than I thought! lol

[JCrizz]

Nevermind. The hood light was only about 11 inches long in the center, so I didn't really like that. I think I'm going to go with a 24" light, which is pretty close. Thanks!

[ptran]

Do you know anything about the light in the hood? Would it be okay for beginner plants (amazon sword, annubias, anacharis, wisteria, java fern, java moss)? Wow... I have way more of a variety of plants than I thought! lol

Those are regular low light plants. I'm thinking a strip light T5 or T8 would be adequate.


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