Super Noob Question on Planted Tank

**chansl** · 19th Apr 2012, 20:50

Please Pardon me .. I rear shrimps but want to have a small planted tank. Hence would want to ask for some kind advices from the experts

I was thinking of having a small planted tank around 35 x 23 x 23cm. I have a LED light which has 40 light bulbs. I dont know the amount of watt but it should be quite low i suppose. I know that plants require high light but what puzzle me is that my LED light is strong enough to bright up the whole tank so can i safety say that my light is sufficient for a planted tank ?

This is my previous tank but the LED light is the same and the size of the tank is almost the same .

I will be adding a fan and a filter .. Thinking of doing an Iwaguni concept without HC .. Maybe glosso or elatine triandra and hairgrass ..

Please kindly advise me .. Thank you so much

**Shadow** · 19th Apr 2012, 21:57

Brightness is what human see and not the plants see. To know properly, you need PAR meter which is very ex. For normal people, what we can do is try and observe the grow.

**chansl** · 19th Apr 2012, 22:12

Thank Shadow Bro for your reply .. So you suggest that LED light for this size tank is not suitable for plants ? May i know what kind of light should i look at ? Thank

Originally Posted by Shadow

Brightness is what human see and not the plants see. To know properly, you need PAR meter which is very ex. For normal people, what we can do is try and observe the grow.