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River Tanks and Light
Subject: river tank? info?
> I have a 45 high with nothing to do( former live rock tank). I w
> of trying the river tank kit in it has anyone worked with one (I
> alot of plants in it. Or I could try to set up an angel tank w/
> no filter system(??)
As far as thge River Tank is concerned, I have seen them but
wouldn't buy one. A home made paludarium is much more beautiful,
and not that hard to construct. Mine has been running for 4 years
now.
While a tnak with out filtration with (a few) Angels and lots of
plants (not just Swords) can work nicely, I wouldn't try it unless
you are already experienced keeping standard, filtered planted
tanks.
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Subject: light quality
> Photosynthesis utilizes on the blue (~420-460nm) and the far red
> so it would seem to me that these are pretty good lights at givi
> you want and at a higher output. One question is...how much are
> where can you get them??
My understanding was that plants use light in the blue and red
areas of the spectrum, while far-red light actually stops growth.
(at least with terrestrial plants)
Karen Randall
Aquatic Gardeners Assoc.
Boston, MA