Re: [AGA-Member] How dark should be the "dark" period?

[Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com>]

I'm no authority, but I tend to have my lights come on later in the day. So 
by the time the lights come on at 10:00 am, the room has been well-lit for 
several hours. Not direct sunlight, mind you, but not dark either.

I don't have any trouble growing plants. I have some algae, but I ignore it.

Cheryl


Livay Aviel-R51374 wrote:

> Hi, 
>
> We usually provide our plants with 10-12 light period for photosynthesis. 
>
> But what about the other 12-14 hours of darkness? how dark could they be? 
>
> During the hot summer days I was turning on the lights during the night and in the morning/noon time the tank lights were off but the tank got tons of indirect sun light penetrating through the very big window in my living room. I noticed that plants weren't during very good and would like to understand if it was more of a heat issue (29-30C). 
>
> I think plants need darkness in order to respire but this ends my understanding of this. 
>
> Could anyone please educate me a little more? 
>
> Aviel.
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