How much light for plantless tank?

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Hi

How much light (how many hours) should there be if ur GF tank doesn't
have any real plants? And about elodias, I've seen them being kept in
dark buckets in water for days and they were green as ever and grew
longer. So i was wondering if elodias need light at all or what?

JOHN.

[Tom Randy]

On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:00:42 -0800, goldenhordeofjohn wrote:

> Hi
>
> How much light (how many hours) should there be if ur GF tank doesn't
> have any real plants?


I'd say 10-12 hours. Corrections welcomed.

Can't help you with the other question, sorry.

[John D. Goulden]

Consider that if you don't have live plants, all the fish waste in the water
(aka nutrients) will feed algae instead. I would think that 12 hours of
light in a plantless tank would get green pretty quickly. I run my lights
for about 12 hours a day in planted tanks and still get quite a bit of
algae, especially near the lights.

--
John Goulden

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Tom Randy wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:00:42 -0800, goldenhordeofjohn wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > How much light (how many hours) should there be if ur GF tank
doesn't
> > have any real plants?
>
>
> I'd say 10-12 hours. Corrections welcomed.
>
> Can't help you with the other question, sorry.

What?!
10-12 hours? that's how much light u would leave on if there were REAL
plants.
john

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John D. Goulden wrote:
> Consider that if you don't have live plants, all the fish waste in
the water
> (aka nutrients) will feed algae instead. I would think that 12 hours
of
> light in a plantless tank would get green pretty quickly. I run my
lights
> for about 12 hours a day in planted tanks and still get quite a bit
of
> algae, especially near the lights.
>
> --
> John Goulden

So...
How many hours shud I leave the lights on then if there r no real
plants??!
JOHN