Light fixtures for plants - Brooklyn Aquarium Society

Rebbie · January 17th, 2012, 11:30 AM

Thank you, Stevem, for your reply to my post. I see that I have spent all this time (a decade) in fishkeeping AND trying to grow aquatic plants even worse-off than I realized. I was always looking for low-light plants, though. I did understand that eventually I'd want better light.... but now I understand why most introduced plant varieties just were simply not growing satisfactorily. There is much I must explore.

Thanks as well for the link to aquatraders! This gave me good ideas of how to proceed from here. The prices are more reasonable than I had expected! This all still leaves me puzzled as to why SINGLE-light fixtures are even sold at all! Most people want to grow plants in their tanks, think, but the single-light fixtures are the only ones commonly available. Odd!

Thanks again for your help!
Rebbie

**stevem** · January 17th, 2012, 06:43 PM

As far as the single light goes, it is fine for fish only tank.
There are lower light plants but not that low. As far aas which ones i am not an expert on that. you would would have to do some research on that. Don't always trust the guy in you local pet store.
You also need to feed your plants, and also using substrate like eco complete will produce better results.

January 17th, 2012, 11:30 AM	#1
Rebbie Egg Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New York City Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Light fixture for plants Thank you, Stevem, for your reply to my post. I see that I have spent all this time (a decade) in fishkeeping AND trying to grow aquatic plants even worse-off than I realized. I was always looking for low-light plants, though. I did understand that eventually I'd want better light.... but now I understand why most introduced plant varieties just were simply not growing satisfactorily. There is much I must explore. Thanks as well for the link to aquatraders! This gave me good ideas of how to proceed from here. The prices are more reasonable than I had expected! This all still leaves me puzzled as to why SINGLE-light fixtures are even sold at all! Most people want to grow plants in their tanks, think, but the single-light fixtures are the only ones commonly available. Odd! Thanks again for your help! Rebbie

January 17th, 2012, 06:43 PM	#2
stevem Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 687 Rep Power: 34	plants As far as the single light goes, it is fine for fish only tank. There are lower light plants but not that low. As far aas which ones i am not an expert on that. you would would have to do some research on that. Don't always trust the guy in you local pet store. You also need to feed your plants, and also using substrate like eco complete will produce better results.

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