The Planted Tank Forum banner

Siesta w.r.t. Lights

946 views 1 reply 2 participants last post by  CarolF 
#1 ·
Hi!

Is there any benefit of switching off the lights in between say for a period of 2-3 hrs w.r.t. keeping alage off? If not, then is it disadvantageous to the plants if I switch off the lights in between say for a period of 3 hrs or so?

Thanks in adavnce for inputs from experts.
 
#2 ·
I am not an expert by any means, but I have had a problem with algea and green water after an accidental overdose of fertilizers. I read on here about the plants competeing with algea and the use of excel to help the plants in the battle for food.

I used the maintenance dosage as I have fish and within the day things started clearing up. I have a goodly amount of plants so they did all the work. I reduced the lights to a 12 hour schedule.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top