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    Help..plants curling downwards. ..

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    As days goes by I noticed that these plants are not growing up straight but it seems to be curling down...is it normal

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    How many of hours your lights are on? type of lighting?

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    What about the flow of your filter? It plays a part too

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    Quote Originally Posted by urbach View Post
    How many of hours your lights are on? type of lighting?
    Im using the Wave-point 6-Inch 8-Watt Daylight Micro Sun LED High Output Clamp Light n the lights are on 8 hours....



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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    Cant say much about the filter though....how should I set it?

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    8Watt LED cant do it. what is your tank measurement? if you want plants to grow well, at least T5HO.

    Quote Originally Posted by clawmonkey View Post
    Im using the Wave-point 6-Inch 8-Watt Daylight Micro Sun LED High Output Clamp Light n the lights are on 8 hours....



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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    It's a 1-watt led, low tech plants are the only ones you can go for..
    If there is a light source to the front of the tank, plants are starting to lean towards it.

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    Quote Originally Posted by urbach View Post
    8Watt LED cant do it. what is your tank measurement? if you want plants to grow well, at least T5HO.
    My tank size is 30cm×50cm×30cm

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    Quote Originally Posted by clawmonkey View Post
    My tank size is 30cm×50cm×30cm
    Is your tank the type with 30cm x 30cm base area and 50cm height, sort of like a tall "tower" style tank? I saw those at East Ocean before, very interesting shape.

    If that is your tank's design, then the current LED lightset you are using is probably not strong enough to get light down all the way down to the plants. Such tall tanks would usually do best with higher powered LED lights which use 3W LEDs with additional optic lenses for extra depth penetration.

    felix_fx2 made got a good point about the possibility of another light source in front of your tank (maybe from a window or doorway) that may have more light than the lightset above, hence those plants lean towards the brighter light source.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Urban Aquaria View Post
    Is your tank the type with 30cm x 30cm base area and 50cm height, sort of like a tall "tower" style tank? I saw those at East Ocean before, very interesting shape.

    If that is your tank's design, then the current LED lightset you are using is probably not strong enough to get light down all the way down to the plants. Such tall tanks would usually do best with higher powered LED lights which use 3W LEDs with additional optic lenses for extra depth penetration.

    felix_fx2 made got a good point about the possibility of another light source in front of your tank (maybe from a window or doorway) that may have more light than the lightset above, hence those plants lean towards the brighter light source.
    Sorry...mine the height is 30cm...length 50cm...should I change the leds...should be the lights in my hall causing the curls...

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    30 x 50 cm base, can try intense neo solar

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    Re: Help..plants curling downwards. ..

    Quote Originally Posted by clawmonkey View Post
    Sorry...mine the height is 30cm...length 50cm...should I change the leds...should be the lights in my hall causing the curls...
    In that case, since your tank is 30cm height, then you have more choices in lights... not as necessary to use those high powered ones.

    8 watts of light seems abit low for a 50cm x 30cm base area though, perhaps consider upgrading to around 20+ watts (ie. Up Aqua Z-Series Pro LED 60cm version, can just adjust the light supports abit narrower to fit the tank)... that should give you a good amount of light to grow most plants, yet not too much until its overkill and create balance issues.

    If you need more light or more coverage, can also add a 2nd set too. I've used them successfully in similar sized planted tanks.
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