Re: lighting, was Re: Cryptocryne

[JASON MILLER <ruddigar@home.com>]

Check out the aquatice plants section of thekrib or at
http://www.actwin.com  This is home to the aquatic plants list, among
others, and has helped me out tonnes with regards to planted tanks.

Good luck!

Jason Miller
Sherwood Park, AB, Can.

Andrew Faust wrote:
> 
> Regarding lighting:
>     I'm trying to set up a nice tank for my living room, something that my
> wife will not object to seeing. Therefore I need some good lighting, better
> than the crappy perfecto hood I've got now, for my 25gal tank. (the top
> measures 12"x24".) It can't just be a shop-lite hung from the ceiling,
> unfortunately.
>     Does anyone have any recommendations for what to use? I think I'd like
> to use a couple of 24" T12 bulbs to get the light all the way down in that
> deep tank, but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg for it. If anyone has
> any suggestions for brands/suppliers of manufactured hoods I'd appreciate
> it. I'm not really into making my own, but if that's the only way, then I'll
> do it.
>     Thanks.
> 
> Andrew Faust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com <apisto@majordomo.pobox.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Cryptocryne
> 
> ....With
> quite a few of the plants I listed above you need some intense lighting
> to get them to grow, which you do, but I have not found the bright light
> to bother apistos. They just melt into the plants if they want a little
> cover.   The myth that Apistos hate bright lights is not always true.
> I've found in some really heavily planted tanks the fish did really
> well.
> 
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