Originally Posted by
caseSENSITIVE
When a plant is classified as "low-light", it means the plant can survive under low-light. It does not mean that the plant requires low light.
Fact that I'm unable to rig lighting units for my tanks restricts me to 'low-light' plants and they serve their purpose well. My anubias nanas and barteri rooted better after I tried a very light dose of 'rooting hormone' (it doesn't say anything about the ingredients but I'll post a pic when I can).
I recall my old setup which had 2 x 150w MH and the leaves were constantly plagued with spot algae, until I started shading them. Could you elaborate how or why 'low-light' plants can do better with higher light?
Presently, I have a 6 gal plastic tank with lotsa crypts, a large bunch of bolbitis and val. torta (I think). The tank is located at the lowest shelf of my killie rack and hardly receives any light, no CO2 and even has a 2 outlet UGF... however, compared to my other tanks with better ambient lighting, it has the nicest and healthiest group of plants!
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
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