Low light plants vs bright light?

[Erk]

Im curious, if you have bright light (3-4 wpg) and you plant "low light" required plants in the tank, can they survive or will they fry in time? I know I can always plant plants that will shade them, but do I have to shade them so they live?

As always Thanks for your input!

[Roy]

Ive had Crypts and Anubias under a halide before, they grew fine without additional shade however the leaves will be smaller as they dont need as large a surface area due to the extra light.

Roy

[ILLUSN]

ANOTHER PROBLEM IS LOW LIGHT ARE OFTEN SLOW GROWING AND SO THEY CAN GET OVER RUN BY ALGAE (E.G NANA MINIATURE)

[scott bowler]

hi guys i think that not many people know witch plants are low light and bright light plants and spend good money on plants just to have them die .i think it would be a good idea if some of the plant lovers would post some of the plants to give others some ideas , and on the topic i have a bright tank but dont have probs growing both it is about plant placement. to give some plants some shade so the have a chance too , cheers scotty

[Grae]

Hi guys

thats a cool question.
I wont try to answer the question but will share my experiences.

I grow so called low light plants under metal halides.
ie anubias ,java fern and lots of crypts.

I think its possible to grow so called low light plants under high light but not so much high light plants under low light.

Lighting can be a limiting factor, and some plants are able to cope with it.Others either die or get algae covered.

hope that helps a little.

Graeme

[ILLUSN]

Good call scott, I'm working on a list now actually, just having trouble sorting everyones diffrent classifications of Low med and High light

[scott bowler]

cool illusn that may put a few people on the right track . and save some of us some of the green we have to work so hard for hehe

[martraci]

mmm green..

[fish_r]

surely u guys know about this site.
it has all plants by there Lighting Requrements
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_cat.php?category=1

[Erk]

Thanks for your input guys! This is a great site!!! :D

[scott bowler]

rob your a plant geek arent you hehe love those plant sites lol

[duck]

Im curious, if you have bright light (3-4 wpg) and you plant "low light" required plants in the tank, can they survive or will they fry in time? I know I can always plant plants that will shade them, but do I have to shade them so they live?

As always Thanks for your input!
Yes they will be fine,a little shade will help,plus with that level of lighting you will need CO2,they will grow faster than if you kept them with low lighting.

[fish_r]

rob your a plant geek arent you hehe love those plant sites lol
yep and not afraid to admit it lol i am a total GEEK :lol:
"just dont look it" i dont think hehe...

[scott bowler]

that is a cool site looking at it before it has heaps of info . wish you showed me sooner would have saved me heaps hehehe . hope all is well mate

[fish_r]

that was the first real plant site i got into and if u have a look around there's heaps of good info on there and lots to read :) will keep u buisy for a while :)

[Erk]

CO2 will be here monday, I cant wait! Im turning into a plant geek too! hahaha :shock:

Thanks a lot for all your help!

[fish_r]

:):):):) yes addictive isnt it. :)

[Erk]

Yes very much! Now im looking into uv's and maybe a pH controller if I can hook my co2 system up to it.....I really need to stop! hahaha


Thanks for the help!!