"Tara Legale" wrote in message
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I always thought that the more light, the more algae. I keep the tank off
all day when I'm at work, and turn it on at 5PM when I get home... off
around 11 or 11:30 when I go to bed.

I'm sorry. I was not clear on that. If you have "live plants" they must get
at least 10 hours of good strong light.

I live in a small town and the closest big pet store is 100 miles. I
typically make one or two trips in the summer, never noticed any plants.
Will look when I drive there in spring.

If you do buy live plants get the low-light kind and do make sure they're
aquarium plants. Perhaps look up aquarium plants on Google, print out a few
pictures to take with you to make sure they don't get those worthless
houseplant cuttings so many places sell.

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