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Re: [AGA Member] Red Pigment-K spectrum experiment
How far is it from the lights in each tank? That affects
how much light it's getting as much as the wpg does.
Scott H.
--- Dennis Sheridan <dilvish@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Hi, Roger! Got rid of that carbon block co2 dooby. After
> testing
> with both a diy and an injection system, I don't know
> what the hell
> the carbon block was doing, but I couldn't get the tank
> to behave
> like the real co2 systems - in that cranking it up
> wouldn't affect
> pH among other things. So I switched to real co2. See no
> difference
> in plant growth but my other parameters have definitely
> improved.
> (Having some nice success with an extremely low tech tank
> now, too.
> Nothing but good soil substrate, medium lights, and only
> weekly 25%
> water changes. That's all the maintainance I do.)
>
> I have some Lobelia that is written up as red under low
> intensity
> lighting.. put one clump in a small tank with low lights
> and the
> upper leaves did turn red Put it back in the big tank
> and they
> turned green within 48 hours. I have another stem plant
> whose name
> I've forgotten and the leaves in shadow are much redder
> than those
> in the light. Again, the pictures I saw of the plant
> before I got it
> said it was red under low intensity.. But check out the
> description
> of the lobelia cardinalis and you should read what I'm
> talking
> about. (God, I hope I got the name right.. I'm awful
> with names.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Miller" <roger@spinn.net>
> > Hmm. I didn't know that there were red plants that
> required lower
> intensity
> > light to remain red.
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