"Harry Muscle" wrote in message
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"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
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|| I know Claus and Kasslemann personally. So I have no issues going
|| head to head with them on the issue either. I've stated why their
|| observations occured.

lucky guy....

|| Now it's time for them or others to say why I have good color at low
|| light with red plants...................and why I can have red color
|| at deep depths but green at higher depths and why m d plants are
|| low light plants.

Here's a 2cent peice... in a 10g, no floro-3500k, my red tiger lotus, is
actually red.... 1.5wpg, whereas, im my 29g, 65W 6700kPCF, Co2, the same
plant, looks less red at times, almost purple other times...


|| I think the average aquarist can figure things out themselves on this
|| issue.
|| If I can do it at moderate to low light consisently, and have
|| excellent color and health, is high light really required?
|| No.

I'm beginning to see the light... or the lack of....

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If I remember my biology correctly, don't red plants use a chemical other
than chlorophyll to absorb light, hence the different color. And
apparently
this other chemical is less efficient, meaning you need more light to
produce the same amount of food/energy/etc. So if my memory serves me
right, this would explain why people would think that red plants need more
light, which they do if they have to produce the same amount of
food/energy/etc., but maybe they don't need to produce the same amount,
maybe they are fine with less.

My biology wasn't very involved (just regular high school stuff), but I
remember that Carotene (orange-ish) and Xanthophyll (yellow) were said to be
responsible for the red color we see in plants (and in dying leaves when
chlorophyll breaks down, the other pigments can be seen more clearly)...but
it was high school, and *public* high school at that so the entire statement
may be completely inaccurate. I'm sure someone will promptly point out any
errors in my learning. :-)