I think you are right. To the naked eye they look very bright but I don't think they are as bright form the plants perspective. I also think they are far more directional than what tubes are which makes the brightness deceiving.
I'm not familiar with those plants. Do you know where I can get them?Loving that 🙂.
Maybe a smaller leaved Bucephalandra for the wood.
I'm running at 40% at the moment but I intend to try and up it somewhat in the coming weeks to see what effect that has on the plants. I find it really odd that I started at 40% when I first built the tank but everything melted.Nice one it's looking good. What intensity have you settled on with your lights?
I'll give that a go! Many thanks for the tip!Hi Aeropars Looking fantastic
With the Hydrocotyle sp.Japan pin it down with a couple of tooth picks it will soon root in 😉
Hydrocotyle has been one plant I really managed to grow (similar issues to you with TMC LED's). Just take hold of a long strand half way along and push it down in to the substrate in the direction you want the plant to spread. Requires some care as they come up again easily when you let go, hadn't thought of Roy's tooth pick idea, but that sounds good. I managed to keep mine quite low and get it to spread sideways just by pushing in to the substrate from time to time. It eventually got out of hand, it grows really well.
Hi Aeropars,
I'm not familiar with those plants. Do you know where I can get them?
Here' one place
http://www.freshwatershrimp.co.uk/category.php?id_category=85
Wow. Not cheap are they!!
They've normally got more than is on the website. Send Edward a pm, to see what he has.Wow. Not cheap are they!!