New Planted Tank Help

[maverick]

Hi guys,

Setting up my new and 1st planted tank. Have a few questions to ask due to my ignorance.

1. Is a dolphin light adequate for a 2ft tank (if not will be putting 2 instead and roughly how many hours do I need to leave it turned on for a normal 2ft tank.

2. What kind of brand of fertilizer do I need to use for the tank? Is normal nursery fertiliser adequate or do I need to get them from fish shops? How much fertiliser is enough?

3. Do i use sand or gravel for the base and how much is enough?

4. Have looked through the forums and would like to know if CO2 is actually required for a normal 2ft tank?

Hope you guys could provide me with details such as this as well as what kind of plants I should be starting out with to gain some encouragement. How long do you guys gather it would be before I would start seeing results?

[maverick]

Hi guys,

Setting up my new and 1st planted tank. Have a few questions to ask due to my ignorance.

1. Is a dolphin light adequate for a 2ft tank (if not will be putting 2 instead and roughly how many hours do I need to leave it turned on for a normal 2ft tank.

2. What kind of brand of fertilizer do I need to use for the tank? Is normal nursery fertiliser adequate or do I need to get them from fish shops? How much fertiliser is enough?

3. Do i use sand or gravel for the base and how much is enough?

4. Have looked through the forums and would like to know if CO2 is actually required for a normal 2ft tank?

Hope you guys could provide me with details such as this as well as what kind of plants I should be starting out with to gain some encouragement. How long do you guys gather it would be before I would start seeing results?

[maverick]

Hi guys,

Setting up my new and 1st planted tank. Have a few questions to ask due to my ignorance.

1. Is a dolphin light adequate for a 2ft tank (if not will be putting 2 instead and roughly how many hours do I need to leave it turned on for a normal 2ft tank.

2. What kind of brand of fertilizer do I need to use for the tank? Is normal nursery fertiliser adequate or do I need to get them from fish shops? How much fertiliser is enough?

3. Do i use sand or gravel for the base and how much is enough?

4. Have looked through the forums and would like to know if CO2 is actually required for a normal 2ft tank?

Hope you guys could provide me with details such as this as well as what kind of plants I should be starting out with to gain some encouragement. How long do you guys gather it would be before I would start seeing results?

[maverick]

Hi guys,

Setting up my new and 1st planted tank. Have a few questions to ask due to my ignorance.

1. Is a dolphin light adequate for a 2ft tank (if not will be putting 2 instead and roughly how many hours do I need to leave it turned on for a normal 2ft tank.

2. What kind of brand of fertilizer do I need to use for the tank? Is normal nursery fertiliser adequate or do I need to get them from fish shops? How much fertiliser is enough?

3. Do i use sand or gravel for the base and how much is enough?

4. Have looked through the forums and would like to know if CO2 is actually required for a normal 2ft tank?

Hope you guys could provide me with details such as this as well as what kind of plants I should be starting out with to gain some encouragement. How long do you guys gather it would be before I would start seeing results?

[Simon]

1. Is a dolphin light adequate for a 2ft tank (if not will be putting 2 instead and roughly how many hours do I need to leave it turned on for a normal 2ft tank.
first of all, u need to tell us, how many watts is yr present light? the number of lights oso depends on the choice of plants u want

2. What kind of brand of fertilizer do I need to use for the tank? Is normal nursery fertiliser adequate or do I need to get them from fish shops? How much fertiliser is enough?
i recommend the use of JBL base fert. u can do yr gravel and base fert calculation at Dennerle

3. Do i use sand or gravel for the base and how much is enough?
u can use those lapis sand or wat we call lonestar, cost ard $20 for a 22.5kg pack

[DEA]

as for lighting
dolphin is wat kind of lighting? i presume it's the brand
if it's fluorescent, i suggest getting 4 tubes, it'll do most plants
if it's PL, i think it should be enough for moderately light demanding plants

base fert
nursery soil should do admirably
there're many people using garden soil etc and they're all doing fine
as for depth
i suggest 2/3 of total gravel height
confirm good for ur plants
just have to take a little care when replanting tho so you don't pull up the fert