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Possible Lighting Issue?
I wasn't sure where to put this, since it's not really a herp question, or a caging question, so mods please feel free to move it somewhere more appropriate if I've misjudged.
I have a little zoomed 12x12x18 which is basically set up like a dart frog tank (leca, false bottom etc) but is just a water feature and a few salaginella species. I live in the desert and I just want something nice and green to look at sometimes, not really intending to put any animals in there. I am new to live vivariums and I'm afraid I might be slowly killing my plants. Lighting is 12,000k LED (ecoxotic) which I now realize is more of an aquarium plant K. Do I need to get a new LED strip with a lower K or will they be ok with that temp? Thanks!
-Devon
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Just based on general lighting knowledge, I would recommend a more yellowish lower temperature light. Something around 2000K-4000K. It would mimic sunlight a bit better than white and almost bluish colored lighting.
Last edited by ViperSRT3g; 12-17-2013 at 09:11 AM.
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Just in case anyone has a similar inquiry in the future, 12,000k will kill all the plants.
I got the 6,500k led, and a whole new set of plants, and they're doing great now. Also in case anyone ever gets the bright idea that just because part of the wall is dry that it's a great idea to silicon desert adapted bromeliads to it even though the humidity is basically 99%, don't do it. The wall will look really odd when they all die.
-Devon
0.1 Axanthic Bee (Pixel)
0.2 Axanthic Pastel (Cornelia, Short Round)
0.1 Axanthic (Bubbles)
0.1 Bee het Axanthic (Nipper)
0.1 Lesser (Lydia)
0.1 het Lavender (Poppy)
0.1 het Hypo (Cookie)
1.0 Killerbee het Axanthic (Yellow Dude)
1.0 Pied (Starry Starry Dude)
1.0 Butter Hypo (Spooky Dude)
1.0 PH Lavender (Little Dude)
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Thanks for the update!
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