Good Morning!
I am new here too. I am not a newbie and have had many tanks throughout the years. Right now I keep mostly African cichlids. But the allure of a lushly planted tank was just too much, so I want to give that a try. Right now I have a 20 gallon long tank that I am trying to set up according to what I have read in the El naturale section. I bought a light bulb that is for terrestrial plants and says it puts out 75 watts of light and have placed my tank in a southern exposed room. I have not got to the substrate as of yet, but was going to try some topsoil and cover it with gravel. Am I on the right track?
I am new here too. I am not a newbie and have had many tanks throughout the years. Right now I keep mostly African cichlids. But the allure of a lushly planted tank was just too much, so I want to give that a try. Right now I have a 20 gallon long tank that I am trying to set up according to what I have read in the El naturale section. I bought a light bulb that is for terrestrial plants and says it puts out 75 watts of light and have placed my tank in a southern exposed room. I have not got to the substrate as of yet, but was going to try some topsoil and cover it with gravel. Am I on the right track?
... I'm not sure about El-natural methods so I'll let someone with more experience in that area help you out. If you don't get the answers here, ask the question in the El-natural forum where you will get more views.
