tel
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Hey Everyone,
I am struggling/battling with lighting at the moment. Some days I think yep should have plenty and other days I think I am under, so needing a little advice
I have maintained an eight hour period and opted not to increase the time as I am figuring light has more to do with intensity as opposed to duration.
When I look at the Echinodorus tenellus it seems a little leggy and not like images I have seen of this plant. This is my first time with this plant and the growth seems ok, but it has not started producing runners etc. That said, I have had to nurse the plants back to better health, my fault entirely, but another story all together.
My lighting is 4 x 54 watts of t5 HO all on, running a split time period
4 hours in the morning from 6:30 -11:30 am
( I get up at 5-30/6 so I like to check that everything is ok before leaving for work)
4 hours in the evening 5:30 - 9:30 pm
Hopefully in the image you can see it looks a little stringy and tends to be growing up more than out so I assume this is a lighting issue.
Should I being doing something different?
Increase the Lighting?
Increase photoperiod?
Stop the split time?
Advice would be appreciated.
cheers, tel
I am struggling/battling with lighting at the moment. Some days I think yep should have plenty and other days I think I am under, so needing a little advice
I have maintained an eight hour period and opted not to increase the time as I am figuring light has more to do with intensity as opposed to duration.
When I look at the Echinodorus tenellus it seems a little leggy and not like images I have seen of this plant. This is my first time with this plant and the growth seems ok, but it has not started producing runners etc. That said, I have had to nurse the plants back to better health, my fault entirely, but another story all together.
My lighting is 4 x 54 watts of t5 HO all on, running a split time period
4 hours in the morning from 6:30 -11:30 am
( I get up at 5-30/6 so I like to check that everything is ok before leaving for work)
4 hours in the evening 5:30 - 9:30 pm
Hopefully in the image you can see it looks a little stringy and tends to be growing up more than out so I assume this is a lighting issue.
Should I being doing something different?
Increase the Lighting?
Increase photoperiod?
Stop the split time?
Advice would be appreciated.
cheers, tel
