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re:New Light Setup
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To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
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Subject: re:New Light Setup
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From: "shaji (s.) bhaskar" <bhaskar at bnr_ca>
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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 19:13:00 -0400
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>From: krandall at world_std.com (Karen A Randall)
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 09:24:08 -0400
>Re: New light setup
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>I don't think it's possible to put "too much" flourescent light over a tank.
> Just remember that you have to supplement CO2 and trace elements in high
>light conditions to keep the tank in balance. If you don't want to do that,
>you need to stick with less light, and low-light tolerant plants.
Karen, are you saying that you *need* CO2 and and trace elements to
keep a tank in balance if you have high light? To, me, it seems you
are implying that without CO2 and trace elements, you cannot cultivate
high-light plants. My experience is that it is possible to use high
light in a low-tech tank, but you do need to keep the fish load down
and ensure that the nutrient levels in the tank don't get high enough
to cause an algae problem.
-Shaji
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