plant growth

I bought a 4 ft shop light at menards. one plant bulb and one full spectrum bulb. the plants seem to be thriving  and the baby guppy's love the hiding places..

Steve, what kind of guppies do you have?

Mark

Very nice. I too went the Menards shop light method and replaced the regular tank hoods and I actually have plants growing.

Gee, who'd a thunk that more light would help the plants........ :-(

Sometimes it's the obvious things that evade me.

the biggie for me was the cost of regular tank lighting. and mostly I have just common guppies .

The shoip light I got at Menards was like $15. I spray painted it black and it actually looks OK.

My palnts sure appreciated it. :-)

DZ

Does your light seem to get any hotter being black ?  I am surprised by how much of my plants are above the water line.

I thought it might, but its on from 6AM until 9PM and its fine.

DZ