You should switch lighting to high presure sodium. That's the best lights for plants. That's what most illegal crops of weed are grown with.
A 250 or 400 watt
A 250 or 400 watt
Nitrates beware!
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I like my 18 watt bulb just fine and you can tell the meter man I said so 
Lucky bamboo does better in indirect sunlight or shade so I think the high pressure sodiums would cook it
I have one going out and two coming in over the next week or two. It was a hard decision to make but I think it will be the right one
You guys will just have to hang in there and see, If there is anything your ISO Trev let me know I can see if I can add it to my order
Lucky bamboo does better in indirect sunlight or shade so I think the high pressure sodiums would cook it
I have one going out and two coming in over the next week or two. It was a hard decision to make but I think it will be the right one
You guys will just have to hang in there and see, If there is anything your ISO Trev let me know I can see if I can add it to my order
You can even ditch the light you have. That particular 'bamboo' only needs glancing sunlight...what you have is likely too much even at 18W.
I added about 15 very mature stocks in an AquaClear 40 flowing at the lowest rate it can go to. In my 90 with a single ray, I have not seen a drop in nitrAte. I would like to double the bamboo amount before I make any decisions one way or the other. I think a faster growing plant that consumes more food through the water would be better at processing nitrates. I'm no hydroponics expert however. Keep us posted of any updates!
I added about 15 very mature stocks in an AquaClear 40 flowing at the lowest rate it can go to. In my 90 with a single ray, I have not seen a drop in nitrAte. I would like to double the bamboo amount before I make any decisions one way or the other. I think a faster growing plant that consumes more food through the water would be better at processing nitrates. I'm no hydroponics expert however. Keep us posted of any updates!
Will do, I am monitoring closely to see how the plants are reacting to the light so far so good. It will be easier to dial in the amount of light once I get a timer hooked up to them
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Here is a decent link with some other plant types you could try. I think I'll add some of the pothos like others have done as well simply due to their fast growth rate. This plant does like light so keep that in mind.
http://www.tuncalik.com/2010/01/indoor-plants-for-water-purification-in-aquariums/
http://www.tuncalik.com/2010/01/indoor-plants-for-water-purification-in-aquariums/
Cool article thanks for sharing. I may also add some pothos eventually gonna give the lucky bamboo a few months to see what happens first
Well, it's been about 10 days and I have about 7 stocks of mature 'bamboo' and 3 pothos stems that are about 4 feet long with leaves. Although I do notice a reduction in nitrate, it's not significant. I'd like to triple the pothos and double the bamboo and see how that works. Anyone else have some results?
the pathos i threw in my sump has finally started to grow new leaves, but it took a long a** time tho im talking months. prolly took that long to grow new roots that were more apt to grow in water.
