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[fish_fella]

hey guys, i know their would be threads about this but i can't find any and this is the first place i thought i would get great advice.
I have a 4' long x 1.5' wide and 1.5' tall fish tank and i'm starting a planted fish tank, i got myself 9 angel fish last week and i'm just wondering what would be a good lighting fixture for it to be able to give the best light available for my plants. Preferably a t5 fixture under 300 thanks in advance for any information

 

[ROFLbeaver]

Here's my first planted tank it's a 55 gallon community with a variety of plants and fish. i have a sand substrate t8 lighting and am going to add CO2 soon to increase growth rate. so far it is going really well i havent lost a plant yet, the fish are happy, and im starting to get some good new growth after setting it up a month ago. I have swards, anubis, hornwort, java fern, and a few other i have to id still.

 

[JasonG75]

Here is mine

 

[Jonergin]

This is my 30gal.

Plants:
A. Bovianus
Anubias Nana
Java Fern
Italian Val
"Red Tiger Lotus"
Common Lily
Hornwort

Fish:
2 Unk Shrimp (assuming they are Long Arm Red Shrimp)
1 albino common pleco (2 in)
1 rubber pleco, white spot variety (2 in)
1 common otocinclus
1 zebra otocinclus
1 synodontis eruptus
1 poss hybrid severumXconvict <----needs to get big enough for my 240 more quickly, keeps eating my plants


Tech:
DIY CO2
1 x T5
8w UV
Cascade 700

Ferts:
Seachem Flourish, Excel, Potassium, Iron

 

[JasonG75]

Here's a few pics of my 54 corner.

I really love the purple plants, What are they?

 

[JasonG75]

Here's a few pics of my 54 corner.

Try this again

What are the purple plants?

 

[spyke]

ok answer for the lighting question....one word....EBAY!!!!
topdogsellers got some super cheap t5ho fixtures, they are oddysea fixtures and are cheap, modifyable and work just fine.

you can get a quad bulb 4foot strip for easily, easily under 300, which includes your bulbs too!

 

[fish_fella]

thanks, my tank actually got a crack in it so im out of the fish keeping atm, looking for more 4 foot tank deals or i will just buy a new one

 

[521torino]

Here is my 112 Gallon. Its been set up for about a month now. Still trying to figure out how to take nice pics.

 

[cyberhog05]

ok answer for the lighting question....one word....EBAY!!!!
topdogsellers got some super cheap t5ho fixtures, they are oddysea fixtures and are cheap, modifyable and work just fine.

you can get a quad bulb 4foot strip for easily, easily under 300, which includes your bulbs too!

Instead of doing an aquarium specific search do a grow light search. They are much cheaper than aquarium lights and are better IMO. I picked up an 8bulb t5 with plant specific bulbs for less than 200....shipped