• You are viewing the forum as a Guest, please login (you can use your Facebook, Twitter, Google or Microsoft account to login) or register using this link: Log in or Sign Up

Lighting period

depends on plants and growth etc. How old is the tank? Any pics?
 
Increase or extend? That´s a lot of diference between.

I have my own opinion and experience about photoperiod.

You know.. the photoperiod doens´t start in a CLIK. It´s not a blink or a instant ignition as lights turn on.. ti takes time to plants start photosynthesis.

So if you have 6 hours of light you aren´t giving more than 5 hours to plants aborb nutrients and growth.

Is this what happens in nature? No.

What i´ve been observing in my tank is that since i established a 9 hour photoperiod, with less light plants are doing much better and a very very good healthy growth and none algae.

We need to provide plants enough time so they can make their job. Photosynthesis (absorb nutrients and growth). The much more reliable time the less algae that´s for shure cause we´re giving more time so them can win the fight 😉 And / Or abosrb excess of nutrients.

Best regards
 
As i said. I did it and it was the best i´ve done.
I have my tank on this configuration since last November 2015.

But regard the amount of light to use. I don´t know yours.

The point here is to give extended time with less light. More sustainable growth. Usually we see 6 to 7 hours photoperiod in most tanks but people use amounts of light such as 0.8 W to a 1 W / per Liter or more.

My rate is 0.6 W / Liter with 6500 + 4000 kelvin bulbs (Two T5 bulbs)

And believe me... is more than enough.
Unless me or you intend to make an aquarium only to IAPLC this is more than enough. 🙂

But i´m no IAPLC contester.. get the picture?


Best regards
 
Last edited:
What are the dimensions and capacity of your tank willzs, is it injected, and what species of plants are you trying to grow?
 
Can anybody precise how much hours of photoperiod Tropica recomend or do in their own tanks? 🙂
 
I think that depends on the factors discussed in the linked article above Paulo.
 
HI Troi,

I knew the article for quite a long ago. My qyuestion was precisely to make others think about the article.
Not taking it as a bible. The article is only a guideline.
From there, from those statistics each of us will find it´s own personal set.
Regard that in anytime Tropica mention about photoperiod time.

Even for plants regard that you may find hard to deal with a so classified "easy" one catalog plant in Tropica and backwards.

And why? They can´t measure all chemistry water around the world so what they basically made is a guideline. When they say that some plant is a easy one it´s their own experience in accordance to their plantation parameters.

For instance their culture is all made in 25 degrees. If you put 29 degrees in your tank thats almost for shure that some of those so called "easy" may probably be hard to you or backwards. And this is just a single example.
Now think about the water chemistry and all tank parameters such as the Holy Grail named Co2..

Another example:
Hemianthus micranthemoides is classified as "advanced". Here in Portugal everybody has this plant and it grows like nuts in all low and high tech siystems. So? Advanced? Only For Tropica. Not for us.

A big hug
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top