mushroom frags and light

[pasenah]

hi, i am going to frag some srooms in an area of my sump and wondered if i have to have a 12hour light cycle now instead of light on 24/7.
anyone know if the frags need a dark period?

cheers
ben

 

[pasenah]

bump

 

[chrisstie]

I'm not really sure what a 24\7 impact would be on these, however what my personal aim in my tank is to try to simulate a natural environment which is ~12 hours of light a day, and then ~12 of no light so photosynthesis can cease.. a resting time as it were.

I would stick to 12 hours but if you wanted you could probably amp it up to 14.

Do you keep your lights over your sump on all of the time? I know many people (including myself) have it on a reverse cycle of our tank lights to keep photosynthesis going in a small way with macro algae growing at night in an attempt to keep the pH of our water stable but beyond that.. not sure what would happen

 

[pasenah]

i keep my sump lit 24/7 so its always taking nutrients and keeping the ph stable. im not sure if its better than 12 hours reverse cycle but it mean one less timer,lol