[dougz]

I'm putting together a 75g (20" tall)..

I bought 2 light strips (Current USA Nova Extreme 48" 2x54W T-5, one tube 10K, one 6700K), because I wanted 2.9wpg..

I've since learned that the wpg and the low, moderat, bright scale was created with T-12 fixtures in mind, not T-5's, and that with T-5's I'm sitting at more like 4wpg..

So how will that affect these plants?

I know some, like the anubias, will have to be under frogbit.. But is there anything else I should know?

Any substitutions I should/could make?

I'm shooting for a S. A. biotope,, though I know I'm fudging a bit..

What about Stargrass? or B. Japonica? Riccia instead of frogbit? (so there's no distracting stems?)

I'd love to do Riccia as a carpet plant, but I fear my proposed corys and BN's will make a mess of it..

Anyhoo..

Thoughts?


Anubias barteri var. Nana (driftwood, rocks)

Valisnaria spiralis (background)

Echinodorus tennelus (foreground)

Cabomba caroliniana(background)

Amazon Frogbit (floating plant)

Java Moss

Thanks!!!