Re: [APD] Re: how much light?

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Scott H.
--- Andrew McLeod <thefish at theabyssalplain_freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
> Do people have more ease growing higher light plants in
> the midground, 
> then, if the light is focused there? 

One can note that with Eclipse hoods, where the light is
biased to the front, that's where the plants grow best and
where the plants that can develop reach lean.

> In an increasingly
> deep tank, less 
> 'singly-bounced' light would be reaching the front/back
> edges?

Surely it depends on the reflector and how it "focuses" the
light. Perhaps for diff tank setups the area of highest
light differs. Given the angle of incidence and reflection,
it can't be the bottom in all tank setups, can it?

Scott H.



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S. Hieber

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