RE: NANFA-- 135 gal. Freshwater Tank

Chip Rinehart (crin_at_glassmaster.com)
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:04:07 -0500

Bruce,
In a shameless effort to plug the 2004 NANFA convention, I will mention that
Patrick McMillan will be giving a talk on native aquatic plants and can
probably help answer many of your questions. Y'all hurry up and get
registered! ;-)

Chip in SC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Stallsmith [SMTP:fundulus_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:51 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- 135 gal. Freshwater Tank
>
> The actual pigments in freshwater macrophytes are more similar to
> terrestrial plants than I had remembered, with a strong reaction peak in
> the
> range 410--470 nm. There's still the problem of light of wavelength >~550
> nm
> penetrating water. Certainly visible red light is totally absorbed by
> water
> within depths of at most half a meter so red is a moot point for aquatic
> systems. Are actinics out and out strong enough in terms of either lumens,
>
> or more exactly photon quanta? I honestly don't know. We shall see...
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >Bruce, wave length penetration is different in freshwater than marine due
>
> >to
> >the pigments in freshwater. I think you are going to find that actinics
> are
> >not very good for freshwater but I would really be interested in hearing
> >how it
> >turns out.
> >
> >Moon
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