How Do You Guys Do It

[atmmachine816]

I can't find any low light tall plants and the only ones I can grow are anarchis, hornwort but can't get them to grow tall and not bend over, how do you guys do it? In a few months I'm going to get some much better lighting then what I have but for now I have only tall fake plants. How do you guys do it

Austin

 

[mikster]

Do you use fertiliser? How tall is the tank?

 

[nry]

The plants will grow towards the light. If the plants are directly below the lights then they will probably grow up until they reach the surface then they will grow along the water surface. If the lights are more to the middle of the tank then the plants will tend to grow towards the middle.

 

[atmmachine816]

18" tall, use tetra pride ferts for now, might switch to flouris excel later when I get better llighting and co2. Ya the plants seem to grow towards the light but once they hit a certain spot they bend over???

 

[mikster]

Does is just bend at like half way up the stem or like does the whole plant tilt?

 

[atmmachine816]

It seems to bend halfway because of weight

 

[Jen]

Ah. Ok. Are there lots of leaves up top, and kinda stalky at the bottom?

 

[atmmachine816]

Meaning there aren't any at the bottom, yay is that because there isn't enough light getting at the bottom?

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Meaning there aren't any at the bottom, yay is that because there isn't enough light getting at the bottom?

yeah they're growing very 'leggy' by the sounds of things, this is down to not enough lighting.

cos they're top heavy they're falling over. when you upgrade your lighting it should sort it out

 

[Jen]

That is exactly it. How much light do you have on the tank?

 

[nry]

Flourish Excel is not a plant food, it is a carbon source, designed for use if you don't want CO2 but can be used alongside it. The plant food is called simple 'Flourish'.

 

[George Farmer]

Flourish Excel is not a plant food, it is a carbon source

Carbon is the most essential macronutrient there is for plants. It is a "food".

I understand your point though. I'm just pedantic.

 

[nry]

Flourish Excel is not a plant food, it is a carbon source

Carbon is the most essential macronutrient there is for plants. It is a "food".

I understand your point though. I'm just pedantic.

Pah

 

[atmmachine816]

Oh I have .66wpg currently though hope to upgrade to 2.24 in a month or two depends how much money i get for x-mass and how much presents cost for me to gvie to people.