plant gurus led help please/

[DarkStorm]

i pickd up some led panels
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320423162550
would be using them for my 180g tank for fahaka can you suggest any plants that will grow well in sand substrate looking for something not green preferably blue or redish?

 

[Raul-7]

Any plant should be able to be grown in sand as long as you dose nutrients in the water column, however some plants be prefer a rich substrate like Cryptocoryne sp. and Echinodorus sp.

I have yet to come across a blue aquarium plant. There are plenty of red plants.

Here's a good plant database:
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plantfinder/index.php

Good under 'Aquascape Placement' and choose 'Red'.

 

[JakeH]

Has anybody else used these? I'm interested to see how well they work, considering there's no mention of color temp & LED's only produce a very narrow spectrum... I'm not calling BS or anything, but its a bit suspicious. I really hope they work because I'd love to get some!

 

[mgamer20o0]

led's can work. its going to be the future. never used those but generally the led light tends to be way over priced for what you get out of them.

 

[KLee79]

i almost got those same led panels. i was gonna get the blue one too. they will work but dont expect to get growth like a MH lamp...

 

[DarkStorm]

thanks for replies will see what happens.

 

[JakeH]

I'm a huge believer in LED technology & I used them for years as a concert lighting engineer. Thats why I'm so skeptical... Each color of LED only emits a very narrow spectrum, but a huge amount of it. So for example, the "cool white" LEDs only produce 10,000k, so thats all the plant will get. Usually a true white has to consist of a red, green, and blue LED, mixed to simulate the proper color temp. There are some homogenously mixed color LEDs that can produce wide spectrums, but they're very expensive & I doubt they would use those just to make a wide-spectrum white. Again, I could be wrong: Maybe they just forgot to put the color temp on there. I really hope it works, cause I'll be gettin myself one!