Fish Tank Lights  

I know that they need light, but trying to find out if the plants should have extra hours. Thanks for the reply.

The plants do not need the extra hours. They need a normal cycle just like the fish - at least 8 hours per day.

Thank you for your help. This is what I thought was correct. How much light does Water Bamboo need? I have 3 plants haven't grow at all in three years. The rest of the plants look great. Could the Water Bamboo need extra room?

I am not positive but I don't think that bamboo is a aquatic plant but it will grow with it's roots in water and it does grow very slow. Being slow growing and being able to grow in low light make then a desirable plant for offices, low maintainer's might wish to try to find out more about bamboo on the Internet so that yo can treat it in the right way. I once had a sansevieria plant (like the ones that you see in restraints with long upright and pointed leaves) that I put in an aquarium for several months but then I took it out and it began to grow very well. I do not advise any one to grow terrestrial plants under water unless they come from a place that foods part of the year.

Thanks I can't grow Water Bamboo well out doors either, so think this might be a plant that doesn't do well in Southern California. We had a heat wave, then dropped 30 degrees to the low 60's, then it went back up again. Normally, we are 70 degrees most of the year, but the last 3 years has been very strange. We were 80 degrees on Christmas Day and the East Coast was having record lows.

Most of the plant nurseries don't grow it here. I purchased it from a Aquarium Store and it was in the fish tank. They told me my fish won't eat it and I agree they took a nip and started backing up. The rest of my plants that is another story.