Add Plant Light Now Vs After Total Tank

[Summer22]

HI all,

I have a 3 year old cycled 10 gallon tank with 4 african dwarf frogs. I want to do my first low tech planted tank and add some nano fish (maybe chilI rasporas... I'm aware of chance a frog could eat them but want to try a few to see)

I still need to change the substrate, buy some spider drift wood, buy plants, and aquascape the tank how I want it. Which will all be done in steps slowly over time.

Question- I bought a nicrew classic led plus. Can I put it on now or will it promote algae growth while I take time to finish revamping tank? (Currently has original cheap hood sitting on top of new glass hood I just got)

Thanks in advance!

 

[BusterBot28]

I have a nicrew light and those things are awesome! The only thing is that if you don’t have enough plants to soak up the light algae will go nuts(personal experience) if you want I can find the pic of my tank when it happened just so you know how nuts it went.

 

[BusterBot28]

Found it.

 

[Summer22]

Thanks BusterBot!

That is great news to hear that the Nicrew is a good light. I did a lot of research and it can get very confusing, so I'm glad I picked the one I did! I think that answers my question on when to add it. I'll get everything else set up and plants bought/placed before I add the light to avoid algae all over. I think I'll need plenty of plants Thanks for the reply!

 

[BusterBot28]

Thanks BusterBot!

That is great news to hear that the Nicrew is a good light. I did a lot of research and it can get very confusing, so I'm glad I picked the one I did! I think that answers my question on when to add it. I'll get everything else set up and plants bought/placed before I add the light to avoid algae all over. I think I'll need plenty of plants Thanks for the reply!

Glad I could help!