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kaylornix wrote: ↑Fri Jun 06, 2025 8:47 am Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'll try 7 hours and monitor the plants. My nitrates are around 20 ppm, so that should be fine.

Let us know how it goes. Adjusting light duration is trial and error sometimes.

It depends on your light intensity and plant needs. For low-light plants like Anubias and Java Fern, 6-8 hours is usually enough. Too much light can cause algae. What's your nitrate level? That can affect growth too.