Increase in Lighting for 55 Gallon Tank?

"Mr. Zee" wrote in message
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Hello folks:

I have a 55 gallon tetra/ram planted tank with a DIY CO2 generator
and
2 65 Watt 6700K Coralife bulbs. Plant growth is ok, but some of the
plants
seem to be 'reaching' for the light. Also they've taken on a bit of a
yellowish/light green hue, different then the nice dark green that they
had
when I bought them. Would increasing the light to 2 96 Watt bulbs be the
thing to do? Water quality is good: pH 6.2, no nitrates, minimal
nitrates
and a lot of phosphate which I deal with by 3 weekly water changes. I
also
have Florite (sp?) gravel and use Seachem's Florish Excel and Trace.
Thanks
for any info.



You have enough light. The problem is Nitrates. You need to add some to your
tank, your plants have serious munchies Buy some Salt Peter (KNO3 aka
Potassium Nitrate) from the chemist/pharmacy and add about half a tspoon.
--
Kind Regards
Cameron

Thanks very much... I'll give it a try...
"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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"Mr. Zee" wrote in message
.net...
Hello folks:

I have a 55 gallon tetra/ram planted tank with a DIY CO2 generator
and
2 65 Watt 6700K Coralife bulbs. Plant growth is ok, but some of the
plants
seem to be 'reaching' for the light. Also they've taken on a bit of a
yellowish/light green hue, different then the nice dark green that they
had
when I bought them. Would increasing the light to 2 96 Watt bulbs be the
thing to do? Water quality is good: pH 6.2, no nitrates, minimal
nitrates
and a lot of phosphate which I deal with by 3 weekly water changes. I
also
have Florite (sp?) gravel and use Seachem's Florish Excel and Trace.
Thanks
for any info.



You have enough light. The problem is Nitrates. You need to add some to
your
tank, your plants have serious munchies Buy some Salt Peter (KNO3 aka
Potassium Nitrate) from the chemist/pharmacy and add about half a tspoon.
--
Kind Regards
Cameron