Updated 2ft setup

[mordrake]

set this up 2 weeks ago.

specs:
5plan 2ft tank
jbl base fert
normal gravel
35w fl pink light, 10 hrs
no co2
seachem flourish excel dosed alternate days
no other liquid fert
no2 taken after water change 0.25, ph 7.3, will test no3 soon

fishes:
6 otos
4 corys
2 zebra danio
1 yellow panchax

plants:
nanas
e.tenellus
java ferns
v. spiralis (all melted so i removed them last night)
c. calamistratum
tiger lotus
stem plant not sure name
the green plant on the left not sure name

my e.tenellus seems abit sparsed. do i need to plant more to get a dense foreground?
also thinking of changing the lights to a 55w pl together with a 20w fl pink, total 75w.
adding in 2 pots of stem plants (suggestions pls) these few days.

all comments and advise greatly appreciated.
thanks

tank

[mordrake]

tiger lotus

[mordrake]

plant id?

[Sleepy_lancs]

Change yours to a 36 watts standard daylight tube (6000K - 8000K) will do. Try not to push your tank limit by adding 55watts light. Try to keep it around 3 wpg. Over 4 wpg plant requirements become weird. Not to mention the CO2 intake will be very high and algae.

If you need v. spiralis again. PM me. I have them. Willing to give it to you FOC

[ckll]

[quote:9eccdb9842="mordrake"]plant id?

[/quote:9eccdb9842]

That looks like rotala indica. Looks like your NO3 is lean and it's giving a very nice color.

[theodore]

This looks more like N. rubra than tiger lotus (N. zenkeri 'Red'). Perhaps a closer shot?

[mordrake]

theodore - think you're right

some updated pics.
changed lights to 36w x 2 pl
diy co2 added some more plants and of course fish