i havent the slightest clue what im going to do with it. im leery of giving it away since i do absolutely nothing to prevent algae in the tank it came from, so the older leaves are heavily spotted in green. i guess that shouldnt bother anyone who knows what they are doing, i just like the plants i send out to be algae free for the most part. right now its sitting in a 40 breeder that is cycling. it will be there until i figure out what im going to do with it.
it actually did lower the water by about a centimeter. its a lot of plants... and the tank still looks overgrown lol.
I'm curious about this 24/7 lighting thing? It goes against everything I know about growing plants......but this is the second time this week I've seen it mentioned. I would like to know more about this.
know this when my 29 gallon cube with 6*23 watt 6500k and co2. my hc went from seperate 1 inch sections to 2 inch sections when i left the lights on over night so they had 7 am to next day 8 pm grew like crazy
without anything to stop algae from growing, it WILL show up in your tank if you leave the light on 24/7. in my "dr seuss" tank, the one with way too much light and cow manure in the substrate, there is so much UV being pushed into the tank that it creates a hostile environment for cyano and some other types of algae(most types it seems). im trying to support a very diverse "ecosystem" in the 65g bluefin killifish tank, so i need the algae there, as well as all the plants. if i want as much life as i can get, i need to encourage the growth of producers(algae, cyano, plants) as much as i can, so i leave the lights on 24/7.
why do i leave the lights on 24/7 with fish in it? is that meant to imply that it has a negative impact on the fish? i cant say that it does. they seem happy enough to be breeding like mad. so far i havent seen any negative impacts.
^^ I find myself leaving the lights on longer and longer in an attempt to get some algea to grow for my otos. I dont mind algea, i think it adds to a tank..I have a fake log that is covered in algea and it turned a rather obvious peice into something that looks natural. But i do have dark periods, cause when i do, i see all the fish go to the bottom, and 'rest'. Some dont, Some rest when the lights on, but when the light is off, and you look, there are snoozing guppies on the sand. And my cories too. they always take much longer to wake up, even after the light has been on for a few minutes..they are deep sleepers!
My betta, he sleeps..everywhere, anytime...He finds the coolest beds..=]
just felt like showing off. another plant from the 65g, aponogeton crispus. i moved it to a different part of the tank, where it wont get in the way as much when i catch bluefin killifish fry.
from what i have been able to tell, it takes a few weeks before the plants start changing the way they grow. at some point they get stuck in a vegetative state where they constantly grow, usually in slightly different ways than they do with a normal photoperiod.
for instance, a plant that normally grows very dense leaf clusters will grow incredibly leggy, or vice versa.
anyway, i have been lazy with taking pics of the tank because i have neglected it to the point where i couldnt see clearly through the front glass.
before i cleaned the glass, before the massive trimming.
after i cleaned the front and after the massive trimming.
this is the tank on november 25th. it was still recovering from the move across the country.
september 23, right after i filled it back up with water after the move.
the day before the move:
during the move. had i room to turn the tank sideways, i would have been able to save more of the plants i think...
just before the move, at the beginning of october:
the lights are just 48 inch dual bulb shop lights from walmart. there are two of them on the tank, for a total of 4 bulbs.
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