Plants I now have with my American Bullfrog Tadpole

[froggyman]

Hey everyone,
I went ahead and got a full hood for the tank with a crazy bulb that is good enough to grow coral, what do you think?

[froggyman]

The light bulb I got is a10,000K Daylight and True Actinic Blue Light bulb. I just want to make sure it isn't to powerful, for my plants and my tadpole, it seems to radiate some heat I got a 2 degree increase from 73°F to 75°F after running it for about 6 hours today, thanks.

[froggyman]

Hello again,

Today I noticed a spot on a leaf from one of my plants with Casper got kinda worried that maybe it dying and I know some plants excrete toxins when the are dying here is a picture in the light where it isn't as noticeable

and here is it in lower light (without the tank light on)

please let me know what you think, thanks

[froggyman]

Hello here is the light bulbs I am using for Casper


Here is a great shot of Casper

[Heatheranne]

The 10,000K bulbs are actually for coral. Wrong spectrum for plants. You'll want a 6500K-6700K full spectrum bulb.

[froggyman]

Yea I switch that one out with a 6,500K

[LilyPad]

Yea I switch that one out with a 6,500K

That is incandescent and will not work either. What is your price limit on new bulbs? Honestly, I'd spend the money and get a decent LED instead of continually wasting money on stuff you hope will work. I spent way way too much money on hoods and bulbs trying to find something I felt was reasonably priced and would work...and usually ended up not working very well. I'm so happy I finally switched to LED's on both of my tanks and my plants are happy also.

[froggyman]

I am holding two different kind of bulbs on my hand next to each other I am using a incandescent to give off a little heat, and the florescence which is for the plants it give off 6,500K light color temp.

[froggyman]

5000k will en fine for what you have there.


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Hello again,

Today I noticed a spot on a leaf from one of my plants with Casper got kinda worried that maybe it dying and I know some plants excrete toxins when the are dying here is a picture in the light where it isn't as noticeable

and here is it in lower light (without the tank light on)

please let me know what you think, thanks

Hey again update on my plant with the spade shaped leafs it seems to have lost rigidity in its stems, should I take it out?

[froggyman]

I guess I will just remove the plant it keeps looking worst

[Heatheranne]

Bummer. You'll have to get a good LED .

[DigitalPunk]

I believe bill suggested the type of light you should get, but I dont think you have done that yet. Without proper light the plants will slowly wither and die.

[froggyman]

I got a light with 6500 K color temp which is the kind Bill told me to get it just took me a while to find it and the plant started dieing before I got it. I think I am good to go with my lighting now, on another note Casper seemed to really like the big leafs and I think he misses them, any suggestions on a good plant that is pseudo aquatic with big leafs, would lily pads work in my small tank?

[DigitalPunk]

Just toss in some aquatic moss. He probably enjoys the breaking up of the big open space and the security the leaves brought. Moss will so this same thing for them and is super easy

[froggyman]

Is there a thread that explains the kind of moss and how to do it?

[DigitalPunk]

Java Moss is a very common aquatic moss. I believe Christmas moss is also an aquatic moss.

[froggyman]

So do you mean the moss balls it's the only thing I can find online aquatic moss I have found a petco, so I just get some moss balls and have them float in the water?

[Mentat]

Not ball moss, Java Moss !

[froggyman]

So what should I have the moss grow on, drift wood or something

[froggyman]

I just called every pet store in my city and none of them have java or Christmas moss one store had flame moss he said it looked similar but wasn't sure if it would be good for Casper, is it good?