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I don't think so. Nearly all aquarium plants grow in full sunlight in the tropics. But, if you do want to cut down on light here's a couple of things you could do. Somebody asked what to do with an old marine/reef setup that had an ungodly huge metal halide bulb that they now wanted to use for a freshwater planted tank. Here's what I wrote: There's all sorts of ways to deal with that much light. Grow nothing but very light intensive plants in the tank, whether they're glosso, or lillies that presumably will bloom under that light (although letting the tank get some sunlight would help) or water lettuce on the surface.
If you had the light 3 or 4 feet above the top of the tank you
could grow papyrus in the tank too. It would grow about 2' above
for the frilly one and 3-4' above for the regular papyrus. And you
could make your own paper if you wanted. Yeah, that's what I'd do. Some papyrus at the back, water lettuce or an exotic large Salvania and a bunch of PS. anulatus, preferably the Monrovia (Harbel) form with the solid red pectorals.
![]() The papyrus would cut down on a lot of light getting into the tank and would also suck nutrients out of the water very quicky. You could even use terrestrial plants sitting under the light to take some away from the tank. I've grown the regular papyrus for ages here and just recently got a small bit of the frilly stuff which is dying to take over a corner of a tank: ![]() ![]() |
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