darklight wrote:ive been planning on remodeling my 75 gallon tank and really like your idea. what plants are you putting in the tank and how are you putting the aquarium lights if the atba is setup like that? great work though. i really like your idea
Thank you.
As for the plants, I asked at the local pet store which plants would work with a turtle. I don't know the names of all of them as I've been doing reef tanks for years and years...plants are new to me. I do know a few of them.
I have Java Fern, Anacharis, Hornwort, and a few others.
As for how the light is attached... I chose to just light half of the tank. I used a 24" coralife freshwater plant fixture...this guy: http://coralifeproducts.com/Files/Product/ProductFullSize/05617.jpg
I thought about epoxying the fixture to the underside of my lid. Then I realized I could just suspend the light over half the tank using the rim on one side and the center brace on the other. Like this: