[Akaizhar]

I recieved a

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3730+18990&pcatid=18990

as a gift, as you can tell its a 6g aquarium with a 13w bulb preinstalled. I was wondering if i could just make this a shrimp tank with live plants as it is? without any real modifications (besides the filter, i hate whispers)

thanks in advance

 

[jmontee]

I think you might be ok with just mosses and some anubias nana petite in there, IMO. If you find some nice small pieces of manzanita wood you could do some really nice things with the tank. I am sure that there would be some very happy shrimp in there if you set it up right.

For smaller tanks the wpg rule goes out the window with many people using 6 to even ten watts per gallon in nano high tech tanks. The only thing to mae sure of is that the included light gives of 5500k to 10000k light.

 

[Fortuna Wolf]

I've managed to use ONE of those 13 watt bulbs in a 12 gallon to slowly grow low light plants.

You should be able to grow cabomba, moss, java fern, vallisneria, and a few others.

 

[Bert H]

Keep in mind the wpg rule goes out the window with smaller tanks. If you stop and think about it, 13W, is not a lot of lighting in an absolute measure.