Can I plant with this ligthing situation?

AJ_Wave · 01-17-2004, 06:16 PM

I would really like to add 4 to 6 Micro Swords to my tank this weekend. I just put down 60 lbs. of Eco-Complete and I'm ready to get started.

Unfortunately 1 of my 2 40w bulbs went out last night in my Custom Sealife PC and it just happened to be the 10K daylight. I have a free replacement on its way, should be here middle of next week.

Right now I am just running the 40w Ultra-Actinic bulb 10 hours per day.

Can I go ahead adding the Micro Sword or would it be better to wait?

And would you recommend I remove the Ultra-Actinic and replace it with something else? If so, what? Or will that and the 10K daylight bulb work out good for a medium to heavly planted tank with fish.

Thanks.

Wasserpest · 01-17-2004, 06:36 PM

Go ahead and plant them. I would not worry about plants being under suboptimal lighting for a few days. They are often harder than we think! I would get the actinic light switched out though, not very useful for plants.

**Ibn** · 01-18-2004, 07:41 AM

Yep, definitely pull that actinic bulb out of there. One of the lessons that I learned from keeping that actinic in there (switched from SW back to FW) is that it grows lots and lots of staghorn algae. I have since switched over to dual 32W 6700K bulbs and have been very happy with them. The staghorn went away within the week and the plants looked much better.

01-17-2004, 06:16 PM	#1
AJ_Wave Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (-1/0%) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 87	I would really like to add 4 to 6 Micro Swords to my tank this weekend. I just put down 60 lbs. of Eco-Complete and I'm ready to get started. Unfortunately 1 of my 2 40w bulbs went out last night in my Custom Sealife PC and it just happened to be the 10K daylight. I have a free replacement on its way, should be here middle of next week. Right now I am just running the 40w Ultra-Actinic bulb 10 hours per day. Can I go ahead adding the Micro Sword or would it be better to wait? And would you recommend I remove the Ultra-Actinic and replace it with something else? If so, what? Or will that and the 10K daylight bulb work out good for a medium to heavly planted tank with fish. Thanks. __________________ AJ ■ Oceanic 30G Cube ■ Filstar XP2 ■ CSL Power Compact with Moon ■ Hagen CO2

01-17-2004, 06:36 PM	#2
Wasserpest Are these real? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (140/100%) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 14,643	Go ahead and plant them. I would not worry about plants being under suboptimal lighting for a few days. They are often harder than we think! I would get the actinic light switched out though, not very useful for plants. __________________ All my tanks Autodosing Water Change Temperature Monitoring Cheap Filter The Wasser-Controller

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01-18-2004, 07:41 AM	#3
Ibn Planted Tank VIP (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 3,212	Yep, definitely pull that actinic bulb out of there. One of the lessons that I learned from keeping that actinic in there (switched from SW back to FW) is that it grows lots and lots of staghorn algae. I have since switched over to dual 32W 6700K bulbs and have been very happy with them. The staghorn went away within the week and the plants looked much better.