Plants by the buckets

[magnosis]

Aha I bought tons of plants from BA after the garage sale Saturday, only to find out that I need to build a new stand for my tank 

I have 4 5-gallon buckets and a baby's bath tub filled with plants, under a 150w CFL.  I dosed a little bit of Flourish Excel yesterday, but I'm wondering if I should keep dosing it (or other ferts).

What can I do to make sure the plants hold up until ready to be planted (likely another 3-4 days) ?  Should I be concerned at all ?  It's been about 30 hours in the buckets and so far they are still very lush.  It cost a lot of money so I don't want to lose any

[dan2x38]

What plants are they? Most will be OK if you have light on them. I wouldn't be to concerned about ferts right now. heck I've bought plants at the auction and left them in the bags for days becuase I was so lazy or forgot. They lived one time after 4 days... a little ragged but I trimmed the leaves cut the stem and replanted they lived. More sensitive ones might take a little bit of beating.

[magnosis]

There's about 12 different kinds, I'll post a list soon.

For now, they are under a 150W 6700K CFL with a good reflector. They're getting more light than all my tanks have, together. It's on a timer for 12h, maybe that's a bit too much since there's not CO2 injection -- which is why I dosed Excel on the first day.  I guess 4-5 days is not enough to be worried about algae ?

[dan2x38]

Algae can start in record time if continues are right. I've not seen it then bang day later it started. Alage are the most amazing plants really. Yes a pest but they are interesting still the same.