Sooo.. can you go overkill on plants? =/

debaric said:
It certainly wont harm them however 18000k is lopsided in the color spectrum in that the plants will be using mostly blue side of it. I think the bluer end of the spectrum would look great in a planted tank but im just not sure that youll get the same growth as you would from a bulb in the 5000-10000 range.
There isnt anything you cant find on the net if you search around.
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Birthday is around the corner.. I may get my wife to buy me a single strip t5ho and move the power glo bulb to that one and get a second lifeglo bulb or something of that nature then. If I'm gonna go with the escondido's that bluer bulb will really make the fish look much better.
 
bushwhacker said:
could have used black sewing thread in stead of the rubber bands
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Could have done a bunch of things but I was by myself with a 2 year old running amok. Rubber bands were the quickest and easiest. I'm not worried about how it looks right now as in the next month or so they'll be coming off anyhow whether they fall off or I remove them.
 
no such thing as overkill with plants :D
looks great! better than my first attemp ;)
 
Is it normal for plants to look a bit wilted/yellower after scaping them? They don't seem to look as nice as they did yesterday.

The anubias plants look like their roots are trying to spread out and find something to latch on to right now so I guess that's a good sign. After the stint I had with that frogbit ordeal I guess I am on edge right now.

How much light do does java fern/moss/anubias need in a 75gallon?
 
My recommendation is to exercise patience here. Anubias from my experience are slow grows and prefer indirect light, so if you can put them in shadows if you have high light. Play close attention to leaves for algae problems as they may show symptoms 1st of certain types like BBA or GBA.

Its a great start.:thm:
 
Some of them are in pretty direct light but even if they made use of the 18000k bulb, that'd put them at 1.44wpg.. however both bulbs are very different spectrums so I'm not sure exactly what kind of light it is considered?

the tank is 75gallons.
 
I'm somewhat skeptical of using the wpg rule in today's hobby as the lighting technology has changed many would say it no longer apply. But since you are using it as a reference I would consider it low light. A real indicator will be how your plants do.
 
The PowerGlo bulb will grow plants fine, even though it's rated at 18000k it still has a high spike in the red spectrum and appears very slightly purplish.

The Hagen T5HO fixture isn't all that great since it doesn't have individual reflectors but using T5HO would put you closer to 2wpg, borderline in needing ferts and CO2. If your plants continue to pale, look into those.
 
phanmc said:
The PowerGlo bulb will grow plants fine, even though it's rated at 18000k it still has a high spike in the red spectrum and appears very slightly purplish.

The Hagen T5HO fixture isn't all that great since it doesn't have individual reflectors but using T5HO would put you closer to 2wpg, borderline in needing ferts and CO2. If your plants continue to pale, look into those.
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It's odd - not seeing the pale/yellowish that I did this morning. it's almost like they were sad they weren't getting the light anymore after being boxed up in the mail for a few days. Since the lights have been on this morning, they seem to be much more vibrant now.

Mg sent me emo plants!

:lol:
 
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