I work at a local fish store that sells somewhere between 85-100 varieties of aquatic plants.
We have a plant display tank that is essentially four 60 gallon sections each with a 250 watt metal halide light on each cube. We've got the lights raised very high off the tanks so that they are easy to balance.
I am in the process of optimizing the CO2 in the system so that it would be possible for us to grown some more delicate plants like Toninas and Eriocaulons in the setup.
My question is if I really get the CO2 levels high enough throughout the system, is that going to make the hardy / less demanding plants like Hygrophila Difformis, Hydrocotl Leucocephala transition poorly to tanks that do not supplement CO2?
Am I better off setting up a separate tank for the trickier plants where the CO2 would be much easier to optimize?
We have a plant display tank that is essentially four 60 gallon sections each with a 250 watt metal halide light on each cube. We've got the lights raised very high off the tanks so that they are easy to balance.
I am in the process of optimizing the CO2 in the system so that it would be possible for us to grown some more delicate plants like Toninas and Eriocaulons in the setup.
My question is if I really get the CO2 levels high enough throughout the system, is that going to make the hardy / less demanding plants like Hygrophila Difformis, Hydrocotl Leucocephala transition poorly to tanks that do not supplement CO2?
Am I better off setting up a separate tank for the trickier plants where the CO2 would be much easier to optimize?