Mwil3
Private First Class
Posts: 49
Location: Springtown
Favorite Fish:: Clown Loach
 | | Subject: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/13/2010, 8:33 am | |
| I found them for cheap and was wondering how they will do. |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/13/2010, 8:56 am | |
| Maybe some java fern or moss. sword plants need more. |
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alan j t
Major
Posts: 791
Location: reno nv
Favorite Fish:: discus
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/13/2010, 3:04 pm | |
| yes, i like 10k myself.
and 65k is to yellow to me. |
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Elrollo
Major
Posts: 870
Location: Virginia Beach
Favorite Fish:: Blue Acaras...first fish I ever breed still have a soft spot for them
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/13/2010, 10:14 pm | |
| How deep is the tank and do you just have the one bulb on it? i have good results with a 5000k dual bulb on a 20 long...yeah found bulbs for $3.50 each at petsmart. My anubias(sp) java moss and penny wort all seem to be doing ok.
Some of the more light intense plants i go with the 10k myself.
While I am here does anyone use atinics for plants on deep tanks??? |
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typicaltony
Master Sergeant
Posts: 271
Location: Dallas, TX
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/14/2010, 4:39 am | |
| t5? t8? t12? vho? power compact? led?
6700k is best suited for plants bc of the spectrum. You will be limited to what you can grow with 5000k. |
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Mwil3
Private First Class
Posts: 49
Location: Springtown
Favorite Fish:: Clown Loach
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 10/14/2010, 6:10 am | |
| | typicaltony wrote: | t5? t8? t12? vho? power compact? led?
6700k is best suited for plants bc of the spectrum. You will be limited to what you can grow with 5000k. |
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. |
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plantedtankdude
Captain
Posts: 1180
Location: Plano, texas
Favorite Fish:: all of them along with mermaids and me I'm a Pisces.
| | Subject: Re: will 5000k grow plants ok 11/14/2010, 11:13 pm | |
| 5,000-10,000 k will grow plants... I like a mix of 6,700/ 10,000k or what I'm using right now - 6,700k and a color max. why I like a mix of 6,700 and 10,000 is because the plants need both the red and blue of the spectrum to photosynthesis. |
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