Taelen
Aquarium Advice Freak
Ok, I've determined that keeping live plants is tough!
I have stock lighting in both my 10g and 44g planted tanks. I was typically leaving those lights on for 10-12 hours but then having issues with various algae and/or diatoms. I cut back on the duration of the light and my plants started to struggle.
The 44g has anacharis, java fern and anubias barteria in it and doesn't really get any natural light.
The 10g has a hornwart and anacharis and is beside a window and gets quite a bit of light which causes green algae on the glass. In my mind I assumed that the tank was getting enough light since the anacharis was growing like mad. So I cut way down on the light and now I think my hornwart is dying (which is too bad, all the cories love to hide out in it).
I have stock lighting in both my 10g and 44g planted tanks. I was typically leaving those lights on for 10-12 hours but then having issues with various algae and/or diatoms. I cut back on the duration of the light and my plants started to struggle.
The 44g has anacharis, java fern and anubias barteria in it and doesn't really get any natural light.
The 10g has a hornwart and anacharis and is beside a window and gets quite a bit of light which causes green algae on the glass. In my mind I assumed that the tank was getting enough light since the anacharis was growing like mad. So I cut way down on the light and now I think my hornwart is dying (which is too bad, all the cories love to hide out in it).