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Hey everyone!
If any of you have seen my recent posts, I have a few tanks set up - some freshwater and a now 10g saltwater. Recently, I had a tank crash due to heater failure (saltwater), so I've decided to "start over".
That being said, I've been looking to downsize my saltwater tank. I only had my two clowns, a hammer coral, a torch coral, a few heads of xenia, and my green star polyps survive. It really stunk because I'm 15 and worked my entire summer to pay for that tank... I'm also applying to a local PetWorld for my first job!
I started in the reptile hobby, then branched to this, haha. My few years of experience with reptiles, my year and a half of freshwater, and now my few months of saltwater will help out with the job opportunity!
Like I said, I'm still a beginner for saltwater. So, the point of this post is to ask if this will work:
I lost my reef after a few months, so I want to start a Fluval 13.5g all in one Aquarium (totally forgot the full name, but I think you know what I mean). It comes with its own light, and I plan on using its light. I still have the T5s from the tank, and I'm wondering if I can move that fixture to my 20g planted. The bulbs are Coralife actinic and I believe a 10,000K daylight bulb, so not the best out there by any means. Are they adequate for a planted tank? I don't have the hardest plants- wisteria, dwarf sag, water sprite, Java fern/moss, and that's pretty much it...
To sum it all up, I want your opinions on the fluval tank and if the bulbs will work out.
Thanks everyone, and happy late-Thanksgiving!
- Cycled media, rocks, and sand will immediately be moved into the Fluval (if I go through with it) and the clowns will remain in the 10g to monitor while the tank cycles - which shouldn't really happen, considering it's just changing tanks.
- The T5s are under a year old and I will switch to freshwater bulbs if I get the new tank
If any of you have seen my recent posts, I have a few tanks set up - some freshwater and a now 10g saltwater. Recently, I had a tank crash due to heater failure (saltwater), so I've decided to "start over".
That being said, I've been looking to downsize my saltwater tank. I only had my two clowns, a hammer coral, a torch coral, a few heads of xenia, and my green star polyps survive. It really stunk because I'm 15 and worked my entire summer to pay for that tank... I'm also applying to a local PetWorld for my first job!
I started in the reptile hobby, then branched to this, haha. My few years of experience with reptiles, my year and a half of freshwater, and now my few months of saltwater will help out with the job opportunity!
Like I said, I'm still a beginner for saltwater. So, the point of this post is to ask if this will work:
I lost my reef after a few months, so I want to start a Fluval 13.5g all in one Aquarium (totally forgot the full name, but I think you know what I mean). It comes with its own light, and I plan on using its light. I still have the T5s from the tank, and I'm wondering if I can move that fixture to my 20g planted. The bulbs are Coralife actinic and I believe a 10,000K daylight bulb, so not the best out there by any means. Are they adequate for a planted tank? I don't have the hardest plants- wisteria, dwarf sag, water sprite, Java fern/moss, and that's pretty much it...
To sum it all up, I want your opinions on the fluval tank and if the bulbs will work out.
Thanks everyone, and happy late-Thanksgiving!
- Cycled media, rocks, and sand will immediately be moved into the Fluval (if I go through with it) and the clowns will remain in the 10g to monitor while the tank cycles - which shouldn't really happen, considering it's just changing tanks.
- The T5s are under a year old and I will switch to freshwater bulbs if I get the new tank