six feet tank

[mao1987]

What the minimum requirement for my six feet tank to grow a carpet of foreground grass????



i have tried planting hairgrass and tenellus but they seems to rot away.

my current light wattage is 200W.


any one pls help and give mi some advice on foreground plant that i can plant...

[wf7850]

assuming yr tank is 6 x 2 x 2 ft.... u will need at least 500W of lighting.... 200 is not enuff...

[Simon]

[quote:b7a6784c79="mao1987"]What the minimum requirement for my six feet tank to grow a carpet of foreground grass????



i have tried planting hairgrass and tenellus but they seems to rot away.

my current light wattage is 200W.


any one pls help and give mi some advice on foreground plant that i can plant...[/quote:b7a6784c79]

what kind of light system are you using? technically, if you take a 3watts per gallon, it will work out roughly about 510watts, so you are far from that... i suggest using MH of 150watts, 2-3 should be sufficient for most foreground, not taking in consideration other factors like temp, water conditions

[vinz]

I'm running a 6x2x2... no need 500W. If you are using PLs, 3 rows, of them end to end. FLs, 4 rows. MH, 2 or 3 bulbs.

3WPG guideline do not scale properly for very large tanks and very small tanks. I'm running my tanks under 9x36W PLs. I grew E. tenellus just fine.

Beyond lights, you have to provide good CO2 and ferts... are you doing that?

[mao1987]

i have CO2 and Fert..... Fl light i have only 5 bulbs....
each 36watt....

how can i do...

and by the way, what other plants beside the foreground plant can i grow succeffully..?

thank you for all your reply