My LED experiment

[Sea-agg09]

My shrimp tank was drastically under-planted, so I decided to change that up a bit. I've decided to experiment a little with ecoxotic's stunner strips. As I outlined in my shrimp tank build, I gutted a T5 fixture and put in 4 stunner strips in their place. So as of now, I have 28 watts of LED lighting on my 20 gallon long. The substrate is pretty deep, so there is probably only 12-16 inches between the lights and the substrate. I'm using eco-complete substrate, with some extra laterite for some iron. I'll be using brightwell's formula for excell, and other supplements if it calls for it.

Some plants I'm expecting to live and thrive, like the sagittaria and lotus. Others I'm not really sure, like the Vesuvius Sword and Micro Sword. The Dwarf Baby Tears I'm not expecting to do all that well, but I am trying it out. If it lives... horay!




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[nhung]

What kind of shrimp do you have in there?

[Mzungu]

What kind/color of stunner strips are you using?

Please keep us updated on this, as I'm very interested in how well they grow plants! :)

[Sea-agg09]

Sulawesi cardinals. Other livestock includes an orangehead oto, 10 Bororas micros, and 2 Indostomus paradoxis (toothpick fish).

I'm using 4 of the "50/50" strips. It's more like all while with a touch of blue. I would like to put a white/pink stunner on them, but houston distributors don't have them available yet. I want to see them before I make the purchase.

[nhung]

What is your water parameter? Are you using tap or RO water?

[armthehomeless]

I would like to put a white/pink stunner on them, but houston distributors don't have them available yet. I want to see them before I make the purchase.

I've got some 8000K stunners it you want to experiment with them.

[wesleydnunder]

I really like the look...very nice scape IMO. Please keep us posted on the progress. I'm interested to see how well the bottom cover does.

Mark

[Warlock]

nice look!!

what plant is that in pic 6? i was looking for something like that in my shrimp tank.. i took the plunge like into shrimp with some cherry reds last week! its very basic.. but your plants is exactly what i am looking for..

[armthehomeless]

what plant is that in pic 6? .

Micro swords I think.

[Warlock]

thanks arm.. i will look for a few on aquabid :)

[screename]

Im running 12 strips on a 10 gallon and growth is amazing!!!!!