Just curious, if I double the light output can I cut the duration by half and would the plants do just as well?
Doubling light and halving time
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If you eat twice as much one day and nothing the next, will you be healthy?
Your body--and the plants--are limited in what they can utilize and produce in a given time. Doubling the light available won't increase the plants ability to USE the light. Might burn them though.
Your body--and the plants--are limited in what they can utilize and produce in a given time. Doubling the light available won't increase the plants ability to USE the light. Might burn them though.
Very much in agreement with the above posts! Unfortunately, with plants many things are not a simple math problem.
I'm thinking of mounting a new (2nd) light to shine horizontally into tank when I'm not at home then reducing the light from on top when I'm home. Althis to minize light on the sand where nasty stuff grows.
Is this the tank in your avatar? I only see a couple plants...a sword? & ? Most plants can get by on 6 hours if "everything" is in balance, CO2, ferts etc. What size tank with what lights & plants? Water parameters?
