Plants grew with 24 Hours of darkness

[NativeTank7]

I went to a friends house to hang out and ended up staying with them all night and went fishing that morning. When I got home I noticed I left the lights off from when I left. I was thinking 24 hours of light is better than 24 hours with no light but when I turned the light on to check on the plants the amazon sword compacta has made a big new leaf in the middle and is bigger than the other more mature leaves. The jungle val also shot a new sprout and the original leaf has a few inches To go before reaching the surface. I had the blinds open for sunlight but not much comes in since the trees block it but I guess something went right the plants seemed to love it lol

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Interesting, but you know plants do most of their growing at night time, so I guess they thought it was night all day and kept growing

 

[molliwopp]

I find this to be the case also. Im no expert but intelligent enough make a logical assumption thats the plant uses the energy stored to grow so when the light returns it can obsorb more light to further fuel growth.

 

[NativeTank7]

They normally get light from 3 to 11 every day. The night period is usually 11 until about 8:30 when the sun starts to barely peak in the room. It may also be to the fact that I didn't look at them all day like I usually do seems they grow faster when I'm not looking lol

 

[mfdrookie516]

You need a timer... will save you a huge headache.

 

[Florio]

You need a timer... will save you a huge headache.

+1 on that.

 

[NativeTank7]

You need a timer... will save you a huge headache.

Yea I really need to get one. It would save having to rush home everytime I think I forget to turn them on lol on my to do list for sure

 

[Florio]

Yea I really need to get one. It would save having to rush home everytime I think I forget to turn them on lol on my to do list for sure

Don't go get a overpriced fish store one, just go to Home Depot or something they have them.

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Yup, I got my timers from Home Depot for $4.98. There is one main large timer that came with my lighting fixture that controls it all tho, lol.

 

[Aqualady40]

Yup, I got my timers from Home Depot for $4.98. There is one main large timer that came with my lighting fixture that controls it all tho, lol.

Dan will you post some links of your timers

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Dan will you post some links of your timers

I have one large one that came with my Hagen Glo t5ho fixture and two little Home Depot timers I found on clearance lol I will try to link it.

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

Ok here is the main one Hagen Glo Dual Timer for T5 Lighting Systems:Amazonet Supplies

And here are the two little ones I use to control my 6g and the CO2 system. http://m.homedepot.com/p/GE-24-Hour-Plug-In-Basic-Timer-15119/100685881/[/url

 

[NativeTank7]

Ok here is the main one Hagen Glo Dual Timer for T5 Lighting Systems:Amazonet Supplies

And here are the two little ones I use to control my 6g and the CO2 system. http://m.homedepot.com/p/GE-24-Hour-Plug-In-Basic-Timer-15119/100685881/[/url

I found a cheap one at Walmart that's working suprising we'll. on 4 bucks and it has 2 different sockets and I can split the sockets into 2 different time frames. Pretty good grab IMO