Aquatic Plant Central - View Single Post - Finally up and planted! Algae here we come!

rich815 · 06-05-2009, 05:48 AM

Yup, algae in a big way soon. I use 25% less light than that on a tank almost 40% bigger and my plants, even high light ones, grow fine. To start with you might best cut the light 50% and keep your photoperiod to 8 hours max. Otherwise mark your calendar for about three weeks from now for the algae fest.

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rich815 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Albany, California (San Francisco area) Posts: 501 iTrader Ratings: 16 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 44000	Re: Finally up and planted! Algae here we come! Yup, algae in a big way soon. I use 25% less light than that on a tank almost 40% bigger and my plants, even high light ones, grow fine. To start with you might best cut the light 50% and keep your photoperiod to 8 hours max. Otherwise mark your calendar for about three weeks from now for the algae fest.