Need Suggestions for Tank Light To Stop Growth

[traderfjp]

Hi,

I have a 50 gal tank with 2, 48" natural light flourecent bulbs. It's
time to replace them and since all my plants are gone from the tank
(fish love to eat them) I want to replace the bulbs with a light
spectrum that will allow me to view my fish but will not encourage
algae growth. Is there such a specturm being sold? Please help.

Thanks in advance.

[Jim Anderson]

In article . com>,
says...
> Hi,
>
> I have a 50 gal tank with 2, 48" natural light flourecent bulbs. It's
> time to replace them and since all my plants are gone from the tank
> (fish love to eat them) I want to replace the bulbs with a light
> spectrum that will allow me to view my fish but will not encourage
> algae growth. Is there such a specturm being sold? Please help.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

Algae can use any available light, they found algae growing under 25
feet of snow covered ice in Antartica.

You can slow it a bit with a single bulb fixture, but the algae will
grow.

--
Jim Anderson
( 8(|) To email me just pull my_finger

[Mr. Zee]

Check your nitrate and phosphate levels. If they are high you'll get
alge...It's a weed.
"Jim Anderson" > wrote in message
et...
> In article . com>,
> says...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a 50 gal tank with 2, 48" natural light flourecent bulbs. It's
>> time to replace them and since all my plants are gone from the tank
>> (fish love to eat them) I want to replace the bulbs with a light
>> spectrum that will allow me to view my fish but will not encourage
>> algae growth. Is there such a specturm being sold? Please help.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>
> Algae can use any available light, they found algae growing under 25
> feet of snow covered ice in Antartica.
>
> You can slow it a bit with a single bulb fixture, but the algae will
> grow.
>
> --
> Jim Anderson
> ( 8(|) To email me just pull my_finger

[traderfjp]

I know Algae is a weed but I was hoping that there would be certain
light spectrums that wouldn't encourage growth as quickly as others.
What about a blacklight? Or is that a dumb idea?

[Elaine T]

traderfjp wrote:
> I know Algae is a weed but I was hoping that there would be certain
> light spectrums that wouldn't encourage growth as quickly as others.
> What about a blacklight? Or is that a dumb idea?
>
Your fish will look a little weird under blacklight. I agree with Jim
that a single bulb fixture would help some. How about adding a
bristlenose pleco as well? They're easy to keep, only grow to 3" or so,
and you can feed them with algae wafers if the tank is free of algae.

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[Dick]

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 04:11:18 GMT, Jim Anderson
> wrote:

>In article . com>,
says...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a 50 gal tank with 2, 48" natural light flourecent bulbs. It's
>> time to replace them and since all my plants are gone from the tank
>> (fish love to eat them) I want to replace the bulbs with a light
>> spectrum that will allow me to view my fish but will not encourage
>> algae growth. Is there such a specturm being sold? Please help.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>
>Algae can use any available light, they found algae growing under 25
>feet of snow covered ice in Antartica.
>
>You can slow it a bit with a single bulb fixture, but the algae will
>grow.

How about putting the lights on a timer?

dick