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I just have a couple questions I need answers to:
1. I put in two 13w cfls (60w equivelent) into my 10 gallon tank the other day, and it seems extremely bright. The edges of the tank (the silliconed edge) are basically glowing. Is this too much light? Will it stress out my fish? How do I know if my fish don't like the bright light? I've read that watt per gallon ratings are just for flourescant lights, and the incandescant rating is irrelevent, I have also read that my hood has terrible (or none) reflectors. All signs point towards it not being that bright, but it looks really bright anyway.
2. My anarachis stem came unburried (again) today so I decided to try to float it. Somehow, the filter seems to pull the plant towards the outflow place, it makes no sense. The plant is pulled until it gets under e outflow place and is pushed down, it flies around the tank until it gets wedged under the filter... I raised the water level a little and it seemed to help, the plant was pulled in until it sort of got stuck in a corner neer the filter. How do I get it to stay in the. Side of the tank I want it to? Will clumping them together help (more weight, harder to toss around by the filter)?
3. Kind of a simple question: is ludwigia sold in bunches? How about wisteria?
Perhaps this should have gone into the aquarium plants section... But the plant questions are kind of side questions (I had another question but I forgot it, I'll ask later when I remember)
Thanks in advance!
(This is my 100th post on TFK!)
1. I put in two 13w cfls (60w equivelent) into my 10 gallon tank the other day, and it seems extremely bright. The edges of the tank (the silliconed edge) are basically glowing. Is this too much light? Will it stress out my fish? How do I know if my fish don't like the bright light? I've read that watt per gallon ratings are just for flourescant lights, and the incandescant rating is irrelevent, I have also read that my hood has terrible (or none) reflectors. All signs point towards it not being that bright, but it looks really bright anyway.
2. My anarachis stem came unburried (again) today so I decided to try to float it. Somehow, the filter seems to pull the plant towards the outflow place, it makes no sense. The plant is pulled until it gets under e outflow place and is pushed down, it flies around the tank until it gets wedged under the filter... I raised the water level a little and it seemed to help, the plant was pulled in until it sort of got stuck in a corner neer the filter. How do I get it to stay in the. Side of the tank I want it to? Will clumping them together help (more weight, harder to toss around by the filter)?
3. Kind of a simple question: is ludwigia sold in bunches? How about wisteria?
Perhaps this should have gone into the aquarium plants section... But the plant questions are kind of side questions (I had another question but I forgot it, I'll ask later when I remember)
Thanks in advance!
(This is my 100th post on TFK!)