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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V6 #133
- To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V6 #133
- From: Caddy579 at aol_com
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 00:08:36 EDT
In a message dated 4/24/03 4:24:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com writes:
> Re: Bulbs in Coralife CF fixtures
>
> The actinic is of no use in freshwater planted aquaria, as far as I
> know. Someone has even gone so far to tell me that it encourages algae
> growth. When I had a 50/50 CF fixture over my 75 gallon tank (something
> that was encouraged by the know-nothings at the LFS), my water turned pea
> soup green, and algae grew out of control on everything, despite whatever I
> did to curb its growth (water changes, no fertilization, blocking out
> light, cutting back feedings, etc). As soon as I changed to a 6700K
> daylight bulb, all my problems disappeared. This was after a 3 1/2 week
> bout with pea-soup water.
>
> Hope this helps...anyone else have thoughts on the matter?
I've used them on all 5 of my 29 gallons and I've never had that problem. In
fact one of the 5 is even algae free! ;)
Seriously, I don't think they cause that problem, and I like the hue they
cast.
Gerry Skau
All The World's A Stage, But The Play Is Badly Cast---Oscar
Wilde
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