Fittonia in Bloom

[KEVIN S]

I've always thought of trying coleus in my vivs, such beautiful color variations. they just grow so fast, i figuard they would take over my tank. from the looks of yours it seems like it has stayed under control. have you had it long?

as for the lighting, i'm not an expert on it but i understand the basics. cool spectrum lighting (blues and violets-6500k for example) is most often used, it promotes fast dence growth but does not promote blooming. you will still get blooms but not often. this color light is ideal for vivarium plants

warm spectrum light(red light in the 300k range) promotes blooms. its not healthy for your plants to be exposed only to warm light for lengthy periods of time. but a mixture of both lights can work well.

in hydroponics usually only cool light is used in the early stages of development up to the point of flowering or budding. then the cool light is taken off and the warm spectrum light is used to produces dence flowering and fruit growth for high yeilds.


Kevin

[Tindomul1of9]

Thanks for the info. Maybe I'll look into finding a small warm light lamp.
The coleus I have had over a year now. At first it was growing like crazy shading all the other plants. Then I switched over to PC lights, and it stays nice and small. Rather confusing.

[KEVIN S]

that is pretty strange. i think i'll put some coleus in one of my tanks and see what happens.

take care.

Kevin