40 gallon planted fish tank?

Question

I have started a 40g planted fish tank

I am using flourite black sand as the substrate, and I am running about

3.0 WPG of T-5 lighting on the tank.

With this high lighting, I believe I need to invest in a good CO2 system.

Will a paintball system for 175$ at the LFS be a good enough CO2?

I plan to plant my tank very heavy with jerns, swords, moss ect

Also is this good for astocklist?

4 neon tetras

4 rhasbora tetras

3 cory cats

2 guppies

2 bolv rams

Answer 1

Yeah the paintball system will work, but if i were you i would just use DIY Co2. Not sure what jerns are but sounds cool... lol

You could have a LOT more fish than that.

I would go with

8 neon tetras

8 rasboras (rasboras are different than tetras btw)

5 Cory Cats

3 Gups (2f & 1m)

And the pair of bolivian rams (I have four in my 55! They are really cool!)

Hope i helped!