Are you opposed to buying another PP? Another option you have if you need more light would be to hack in a dimmer onto the Ray2.I first would like some help identifying a plant in my tank. I recently purchased some from a fellow forum member. The possibilities include:
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia repens
Lindernia rotundifolia 'Variegated'
Bacopa salzmannii
Here is the plant. They are the tall ones in the back. I apologize that the image isn't better:
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I have a problem and I blame it mostly on my OCD. A couple of months ago, I tried using a Finnex Ray2 alongside my Finnex Planted Plus 24/7 using window screen under the Ray2. The plants in question seemed to do well but I had an algae outbreak and was forced to remove the Ray2. After removing the Ray2, this plant still seemed to grow really well. Two days ago, I tried putting up the Ray2 again with window screen but this time, I got what looks like burned leaves:
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They were perfect before putting up the light so I have to believe the light caused it. I am a total noob when it comes to plants but I assumed that since they were growing so well and looked to be light loving, I wanted to add more. Is too much light the likely problem? I'm a bit disappointed because I originally had been using the Ray2. Then I bought the Planted Plus because I wanted better color but after adding the PP, I had major algae. I decided to remove the Ray2 in favor of better color from the Planted Plus but with the substrate at about 20" from the light, I worry now that the Planted Plus may not be penetrating deep enough. Do I have to really sacrifice color for better growth? I thought that man people use two lights on their tank. This is a 45g but I guess it would still be considered lightly planted. Thoughts?
Plant Id & light burn problem
I first would like some help identifying a plant in my tank. I recently purchased some from a fellow forum member. The possibilities include:
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia repens
Lindernia rotundifolia 'Variegated'
Bacopa salzmannii
Here is the plant. They are the tall ones in the back. I apologize that the image isn't better:
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I have a problem and I blame it mostly on my OCD. A couple of months ago, I tried using a Finnex Ray2 alongside my Finnex Planted Plus 24/7 using window screen under the Ray2. The plants in question seemed to do well but I had an algae outbreak and was forced to remove the Ray2. After removing the Ray2, this plant still seemed to grow really well. Two days ago, I tried putting up the Ray2 again with window screen but this time, I got what looks like burned leaves:
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They were perfect before putting up the light so I have to believe the light caused it. I am a total noob when it comes to plants but I assumed that since they were growing so well and looked to be light loving, I wanted to add more. Is too much light the likely problem? I'm a bit disappointed because I originally had been using the Ray2. Then I bought the Planted Plus because I wanted better color but after adding the PP, I had major algae. I decided to remove the Ray2 in favor of better color from the Planted Plus but with the substrate at about 20" from the light, I worry now that the Planted Plus may not be penetrating deep enough. Do I have to really sacrifice color for better growth? I thought that man people use two lights on their tank. This is a 45g but I guess it would still be considered lightly planted. Thoughts?
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia repens
Lindernia rotundifolia 'Variegated'
Bacopa salzmannii
Here is the plant. They are the tall ones in the back. I apologize that the image isn't better:
I have a problem and I blame it mostly on my OCD. A couple of months ago, I tried using a Finnex Ray2 alongside my Finnex Planted Plus 24/7 using window screen under the Ray2. The plants in question seemed to do well but I had an algae outbreak and was forced to remove the Ray2. After removing the Ray2, this plant still seemed to grow really well. Two days ago, I tried putting up the Ray2 again with window screen but this time, I got what looks like burned leaves:
They were perfect before putting up the light so I have to believe the light caused it. I am a total noob when it comes to plants but I assumed that since they were growing so well and looked to be light loving, I wanted to add more. Is too much light the likely problem? I'm a bit disappointed because I originally had been using the Ray2. Then I bought the Planted Plus because I wanted better color but after adding the PP, I had major algae. I decided to remove the Ray2 in favor of better color from the Planted Plus but with the substrate at about 20" from the light, I worry now that the Planted Plus may not be penetrating deep enough. Do I have to really sacrifice color for better growth? I thought that man people use two lights on their tank. This is a 45g but I guess it would still be considered lightly planted. Thoughts?
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All these strip type lights are run on constant voltage. Dimming is just a PEM "switching" of the power supply output..
Well some old RayII's had internal power supplies.. Not easily dimmed..
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