Can too much, or too little light make plant yellow?

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MonkeyChunks
 
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Can too much, or too little light make plant yellow?

by MonkeyChunks

Hello guys. I have dwarf baby tears in my new aquarium. I have 130watts of light for 30gallons normally. Recently I may have accidentally used half of the light only for 3 or 4 days. The dwarf baby tears looks yellowish.

Things is I dont know whether it is because there was too little light or because there is too much light in the aquarium. Anyone know about yellowing ,high light demand, plants?


a1k8t31524
 
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by a1k8t31524

yellowing leaves usually mean low iron


dizzcat
 
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by dizzcat

I used to have a site bookmarked that showed pictures of what happens to plants that are lacking certain nutrients, but danged if I can find it for ya!

a1 is right, the most common reason leaves get yellow is lack of iron.

Can too much, or too little light make plant yellow?

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