[Best budget friendly plant lights!!]

I have a 55 gallon planted tank I’m looking into getting a new light for and wanted to know everyone’s favorites!! Would love to see pics also! 

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@AllFishNoBrakesthis is the usual lighting, the brightness is around 65-70% I guess. I still haven’t really got the hang of it. I don’t really know the settings I should have it on for plants either but feel like the programmed setting is way to bright it has everything at almost 100% 

I just have four colors to, blue,white,red and green 

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@AllFishNoBrakes Yea the light is blue lol it was on night mode about to go off it’s only on like that for like an hr before it shuts off and I didn’t want to mess with it and freak my fish out to take a pic lol. It’s a Fluval aqua sky 2.0 I think is what it’s called? I wish I had just got the one for plants but I got this one onsale and the other hadn’t been out that long I don’t think so was over my budget at the time lol.

I like the look of the red root floaters, are they hard to grow? Also where could I find them?

I didn’t think about the water difference ordeal 🤦🏼‍♀️ I live on the other side of the country lol so now I’m not sure what I should do about where I get the plants.

[36 gallon bow front and sponge filter??]

@AllFishNoBrakes Current setup, spider wood, fake plants and smooth river rock. Placement ideas would also be extremely helpful bc it takes me forever to try to get that stuff figured out lol

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@AllFishNoBrakes I planned on getting the easy green and root tabs when I bought them. Now I may rethink the Java moss, I seriously need like the easiest of easy, can’t kill plants if you have any in mind?😂

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@AllFishNoBrakesthank you so much I really appreciate the help! 

@ScottieBthank you! I appreciate it! I’ve watched a few videos on plants and thinking of starting with an amazon sword towards the back, red dwarf lily,  red or pink crypt in the middle and maybe some Java moss mats in the front, but not really sure lol

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@AllFishNoBrakes Thank you for the info! Also I love all of your tanks! I currently have an air pump hooked to an air stone that I’ve had for a while and probably going to use until the new air pump with the battery is in stock bc that will extremely help me out. For whatever reason where I live out in the middle of nowhere they love to play the turn the electric on and off every week for no reason at all in the summer 🙄 another reason I wanted to switch. 
I’ve been to scared forever to try life plants, but have been watching videos and really wanting to try a few for beginners. I honestly don’t want to get into co2 and canisters and all the high tec stuff just something simple. Hopefully I don’t screw it up lol, everything makes me nervous about this hobby bc it seems I make a ton of mistakes and have just been doing it for a yr. 
My current stock

1 blue angel

6 sunrise platys 

6 cory catfish 

[36 gallon bow front and sponge filter??]

@ScottieB thank you! I’ve tried raising the water level also but that hasn’t helped either. It’s not really the sound of the water that bothers me it’s to me like a rattling humming ordeal from the filter that some days just drives me insane lol. I also have to have it backed up into a corner and have to keep it pulled out some so I can mess with the filter and would rather have it farther against the wall where I have dogs. One especially who likes to roll her toys underneath it and the gap is big enough for her to attempt to try to get them if I’m gone and I really don’t want to come home to a huge accident at some point lol. So you think just one large one would work? Also where would the best place be to put it? In the middle or does it really matter?

[36 gallon bow front and sponge filter??]

Hey everyone! So, I have a 36 gallon bow front tank with an aquaclear 70 hob with intake sponge currently. It does it’s job no problem really there it’s just that it’s really noisy to me, has been since I got it and I have checked the impeller and keep it clean and all that stuff, I’m just honestly not big on it. I’ve really been considering a large sponge filter where they seem less noisy and more cost efficient, plus I want to add some live plants, but I can’t really find any information on them for my size tank. So if anyone has experience/info I would greatly appreciate hearing what you have to say about it!