planted tank

i am trying to make a planted tank and i was wondering if anyone on here has any experience doing this and if so how they did it.

 

I have done a few. Check out my tank thread on my signature. What are you needing help with?

Ivan

 

i mostly need help with fertalizer and lighting

 

Im doing mine the easy way jammers

Im using Seachem, flourish liquid fertiliser, weekly
and Seachem Excel - organic carbon, every other day

Steve

 

Flourish excel is a great product..from what I have heard you get nearly the same growth as with CO2. What size is your tank?

 

Steve your tank looks fantastic.

 

I use Seachem products also. I use Excel daily, Flourish, Trace, Potassium and Iron twice weekly. I have a 75 gallon planted tank.

A couple of links

Most recent of the tank.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/planted-tank/8-14-pic-tank-93985.html

And one from a couple of years ago. I dosed Iron daily then and used a triple dose of Excel.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/members/2in10-albums-75g-planted-picture6099-75-display.html

 

well im going to have a 30 gallon sw planted and a 44 gallon fw planted

 

Buy a high quality substrate for the FW tank. Aquariumplants.com has an excellent substrate IME. They are also an excellent source for plants. You will want to get a very good light fixture like a T5HO or LED fixture. Use 5000K to 12000K bulbs getting a mix is a good way to go. You will want at least a 2 bulb T5HO fixture if not 4 bulbs. Not sure on the LED but lighting close to reef level is good for planted tanks.

 

what do you mean by high quality i know i can't use regular tank substrate but i was reading it was ok to use sand as the top layer is this true or should i use something else and only one layer