Red Tank Light And Plants

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Offline Aquamaid

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Red tank light and plants
« on: December 09, 2014, 02:26:00 PM »
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My second hand tank has come with two T5 39w bulbs, one white and one red, the red is very atmospheric and i'd love to keep it in, but is it any use to my plants, or should i really have two white ones?

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Re: Red tank light and plants
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2014, 04:34:47 PM »
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Plants photosynthesize using the red and blue light of the spectrum (they reflect the green, hence they look green). So it will be 'of some use' to the plants. However; there are far too many variables in your question to even start to say how good it would be.

Just for fun, have a skim down this to get an idea of how complex the subject of photosynthetic radiation is.

EDIT: Not to mention that it may make your tank look like a brothel. ;D

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Re: Red tank light and plants
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2014, 06:24:03 PM »
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 :-[ Oooh err, better keep the curtains closed then  :rotfl: Thanks for baffling me with science Colin, i will have another read of that, just wanted to know if i need to replace it really.

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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2014, 06:30:46 PM »
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I'm assuming this is actually one of those lights with a pinkish glow rather than a true "red" light. If so, it probably won't make much difference to the plants either way. However, I find that a full white light makes the fish look better, under the reddish light some colours can look dull.

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Re: Red tank light and plants
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2014, 07:25:43 PM »
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Well it looks very very purple red at night, i will have to decide when i get fish in i guess. thanks  :)

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