Is there such a thing as too much light?
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Swimfins
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I don't think they die, but I think they show stress. For example, growth will be leggy (lots of space betwwen leaves) or else slow down. I find hygrophila polysperma grows like a weed under low light but slows to crawl under higher light.
Swimfins
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If you move a crypt or transplant it, they tend to do that. Just wait it out, it may come back. It might be that its too warm from the reptile light. Mine is very slow, even under high light.
Ah.
Yeah it came potted and I probably could have been a little more careful when transplanting it. It had a lot of roots and I think I might have killed a couple of them. But there should be plenty still.
The light looks really bright but I think it only says 15W on it. I'll check. The light isn't a heat light, I've been using a seperate heat light to keep it a few degrees higher until I can get a heater. It's around 73F without the heat light, and around 76 with. I have a few guppies in there so I think 73F tends towards a little on the cooler side...
Oh, and I'm completely new to this...
Yeah it came potted and I probably could have been a little more careful when transplanting it. It had a lot of roots and I think I might have killed a couple of them. But there should be plenty still.
The light looks really bright but I think it only says 15W on it. I'll check. The light isn't a heat light, I've been using a seperate heat light to keep it a few degrees higher until I can get a heater. It's around 73F without the heat light, and around 76 with. I have a few guppies in there so I think 73F tends towards a little on the cooler side...
Oh, and I'm completely new to this...
Liz - you have chosen a toughie to start off with. Cryptocoryne has a tendency to 'melt', sometimes for no reason at all. But moving or transplanting often cause this to happen as well. Even a water change can trigger it.
Just leave it alone and it will come back. It really is not a case of too much light.
Excess light can cause a problem, from an algae perspective, if not balanced with the proper amount of plants, but should not hurt 'low light' plants.
Len
Just leave it alone and it will come back. It really is not a case of too much light.
Excess light can cause a problem, from an algae perspective, if not balanced with the proper amount of plants, but should not hurt 'low light' plants.
Len