avaneaton2000
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I got a two nice Florida Rics on Tuesday, I know it has only been a few days but, I'm new at this and overly anal about the tank right now.
One was growing 12" down in the tank on a vertical piece of egg crate so it wasn't getting a ton of light (it was facing sideways and not up) even though it was under a 6 bulb T5HO Tek Light, and the other was at the bottom of the tank underneath the frag rack. Both are placed on the bottom of my tank all the way to the side and my light is as high as I can get it so the rics are about 16" below the light it. The one that was on the egg crate seems to pinch up when the lights are on and has been laying flatter with them off, and the one that was at the bottom under the frag rack is loving the light. I have a 4 bulb 24" T5HO Tek Light, I only ran my actinics the first day and have only been running all four of my lights for about six hours right now.
How long should I wait to see if it will relax under the light before I move it to under an overhang? It inflates under the lights but pinches over on it self, the other one inflates and lays completely flat.
Thanks guys sorry for the long winded post.
One was growing 12" down in the tank on a vertical piece of egg crate so it wasn't getting a ton of light (it was facing sideways and not up) even though it was under a 6 bulb T5HO Tek Light, and the other was at the bottom of the tank underneath the frag rack. Both are placed on the bottom of my tank all the way to the side and my light is as high as I can get it so the rics are about 16" below the light it. The one that was on the egg crate seems to pinch up when the lights are on and has been laying flatter with them off, and the one that was at the bottom under the frag rack is loving the light. I have a 4 bulb 24" T5HO Tek Light, I only ran my actinics the first day and have only been running all four of my lights for about six hours right now.
How long should I wait to see if it will relax under the light before I move it to under an overhang? It inflates under the lights but pinches over on it self, the other one inflates and lays completely flat.
Thanks guys sorry for the long winded post.