Hygro cyelon growing sideways?

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I just added them to my new planted tank 6 days ago, and some of them are bending to the left or right :confused:

I took this pic yesterday, other stems are starting to bend a bit too :(

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Is your lighting mostly to the center? It should spread out through the whole tank equally. I had the same problem before with wisteria plants, the stems of all of them bended towards the center where there was the more light. Try changing your bulb if it is too dim, and the plants should stop bending!! :)


I see you have pretty angelfish!! Are they the only ones in the tank?

I'm trying to get angelfish too, but don't know what other fish they can live with peacefully!
 
kal123456;3336833; said:
Is your lighting mostly to the center? It should spread out through the whole tank equally. I had the same problem before with wisteria plants, the stems of all of them bended towards the center where there was the more light. Try changing your bulb if it is too dim, and the plants should stop bending!! :)


I see you have pretty angelfish!! Are they the only ones in the tank?

I'm trying to get angelfish too, but don't know what other fish they can live with peacefully!
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The bulbs shine all the way throughout the tank, is it because the bulbs are only 3500k? I have some floating plants that may be blocking the light too..


I have 3 angelfish in there, but I'm going to move them to a different tank since they nip on the plants a bit(saw one uproot plants and tear off a whole leaf) :D

Btw, roots seem to be growing on the entire main stem(where all the leaves are connected to), is this normal?

Edit: 1 more question :)
Would a rubber band or sewing string be fish safe? I want to tie some oh the hygro cyelon together :D
 
Yeah, your power is kinda low. It should be at least 10000 K. I think you can leave the floating plants , don't take them out. But make sure you get more light! :)

Angelfish eat plants?!!!! :eek: I didn't know!! thanks for telling me!! :)

Also, it's ok for the roots to grow like that. My whole wisteria plant is covered with roots coming out of the stem!! you can cut them off if you don't like how it looks.

I would prefer rubberbands than sewing string. Make sure you tie them secure enough so the rubber band won't come of and strangle the fish!!



Good luck!!
 
Your lighting should fall into a color temp range of 5000K to 10000K to be of most use to your plants. On my tank I use one 6500K bulb and one 10000K bulb.

Lighting gets a little complicated, but check out this article to give you a better understanding of how it works.
 
kal123456;3340488; said:
Yeah, your power is kinda low. It should be at least 10000 K. I think you can leave the floating plants , don't take them out. But make sure you get more light! :)

Angelfish eat plants?!!!! :eek: I didn't know!! thanks for telling me!! :)

Also, it's ok for the roots to grow like that. My whole wisteria plant is covered with roots coming out of the stem!! you can cut them off if you don't like how it looks.

I would prefer rubberbands than sewing string. Make sure you tie them secure enough so the rubber band won't come of and strangle the fish!!



Good luck!!
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power and k rating are two different things.

plants grow towards the light. if something above is some how blocking it it will search for the light.
 
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