Tank With Only Plants

[beany_bot]

I have a tank with only plants in it. Can i keep the light on 24/7 for maximum growth? i know you can do this with some "land" plants (cough cough, i wont say which ).

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I'm not totally sure, but i don't see why it would be a problem for the plants, however wouldn't the tank get very hot if the tank lights were left on all the time?

 

[sykogngsta]

You might get lots of algea if you leave the lights on all the time.

Plants dont photosynthesize all day, they need a resting period too jsut like animals, so leaving the ligth on woulndt really do much.

 

[pastabake]

Cough cough no you can't do this with those land plants, you're just wasting electricity. No plant will benefit from 24/7 light ... all plants need time to respire its part of their cycle.

As the poster above mentioned, the only thing you'll get from 24/7 lighting is algae.

 

[aaronnorth]

have them on 10-12hours a day for plants, they need to rest just like fish.