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Something that I have observed is that some plants will "hunker down" when there is too much light. I'm testing a new 72 watt LED fixture on a 50 gallon planted tank that I set up specifically for that purpose. I have it "dialed" in so I am using 24 watts of red and 24 watts of blue ad 12 watts of green, so I guess I'm really only using 60 watts of LED. The light is so good, however, that the plants with red in them -- red hygro, red lud and Red Rubin Amazon Swordplants are really dark vibrant red. The regular form of Java fern is not growing well, but the narrow leafed variety has really taken off. The slender leaf hygro that does great in my 300 with 4 -- 54 watt T5 lamps, is "hiding" from the light in this tank, as is the wisteria. It's an interesting thing that is happening with the hygro, wisteria and regular Java fern -- I think they are just getting too much light, and therefore do not need to grow that vigourously.
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| I worked up a larger CO2 fermentation container today and I'm waiting for it to take off. With two functional generators, I'll be able to stagger the times at which I insert the lines so that CO2 production is large and constant. That should up their growth and allow them to utilize more of the available light and nutrients. Some of my corkscrew val is only about 3 inches from the surface, which is the highest I've gotten it since purchase. I'll be looking to see how the myriophyllum does; it's grown an inch or so since purchase a couple days ago. Hopefully it will rocket itself all the way to the top of the tank.
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 picture above of my Val. The runners are extremely evident. Also see the height of my Val is very limited. The Hygophila difformis (water wisteria) on the right of the Vallisneria spiralis is also now a foreground style plant (due to the high lighting) rather than what I would consider a midground plant. Pretty cool to see such growth. That is why I am very doubtful that a lack of nutrients/Ferts are the problem. Propagation requires a huge investment by the parent plant. If there wasn't enough nutrients available, I doubt I would see so many runners.
JOHN CHAMPAGNE
55gallon/4wpg t05/pressurized Co2/moderately planted 9 goldbarbs,10 olive nerite snails,3 ottos, one guppy, 4 green cories, 4 amano shrimp and 6 cardinal tetras.
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