King-Kong
01/30/2005, 06:21 PM
about 3 weeks ago I purchased a very nice colony of GSP (yeah yeah.. weed) from the LFS. In their tank, the colony was a bright green. So far in my tank, the tips are barely a green and even under just my actinic, its not 1/2 as green as it was in their tank.
It took the colony over a week to come out after being closed up, but finally gave me full extension, and i have already noticed dozens and dozens of new polyp heads emerging from parts of the matt that did not have any (growth).
What gives? Why have my GSP's lost their color. Are they shocked? Will it return?
The tank has 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates, and just recently got its first fish after 2 months of cycling with cured rock.
My tank lighting is: 28watt PC (6500k and actinic) and 15watt NO (it had a 50/50 in it, but i replaced it with a 420nm actinic to try to green up the GSPs, but noticed that even w/ the sole actinic, there was very little coloration added).
It took the colony over a week to come out after being closed up, but finally gave me full extension, and i have already noticed dozens and dozens of new polyp heads emerging from parts of the matt that did not have any (growth).
What gives? Why have my GSP's lost their color. Are they shocked? Will it return?
The tank has 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates, and just recently got its first fish after 2 months of cycling with cured rock.
My tank lighting is: 28watt PC (6500k and actinic) and 15watt NO (it had a 50/50 in it, but i replaced it with a 420nm actinic to try to green up the GSPs, but noticed that even w/ the sole actinic, there was very little coloration added).