Apex Lunar Simulator Setup Help

[minus9]

I see no reason to bother changing the table. If it’s following the wax/wane of the moon, there will be times when the full moon occurs during the day regardless of what geography you replicate. You won’t notice it when the main tank lights are on just like you don’t notice the moon in the sky during the day. You can ‘force’ it to only be on at night, but that rather defeats the purpose of the module.

That was my thought, plus the fish/coral don't know what hemisphere they're in. o_O

 

[nbd13]

In Apex local dashboard I just flipped the moon rise and moon set times. They had them backwards or for the South Pacific time. Just literally switched the times and now it comes on during the night when I’d like the moonlights on.

Easy fix.

 

[Fishfinder]

That was my thought, plus the fish/coral don't know what hemisphere they're in. o_O

They might not know what hemisphere they are in but I bet they know when the moon is full.

 

[Fishfinder]

In Apex local dashboard I just flipped the moon rise and moon set times. They had them backwards or for the South Pacific time. Just literally switched the times and now it comes on during the night when I’d like the moonlights on.

Easy fix.

That won’t last, in 2 weeks they’ll be on during the day.

 

[nbd13]

That won’t last, in 2 weeks they’ll be on during the day.

Why?

 

[Fishfinder]

Even if you swap the rise/set times as it goes around the cycle it will still rise during the day on its new moon phase

 

[nbd13]

Even if you swap the rise/set times as it goes around the cycle it will still rise during the day on its new moon phase

Can you fix that?

 

[Fishfinder]

No because the moon rises during the day 2 weeks out of every month. The Apex is just replicating that.


You could always add a statement at the bottom of your programming ....
If time 0800-1800 then off

 

[ca1ore]

That was my thought, plus the fish/coral don't know what hemisphere they're in. o_O

I’m not sure why I found that so funny ..... but I did. The ‘irony’ is that we set our main lights to replicate the tropics (nominally 12 on/12 off) yet we’re going to spend hours recoding the seasonal table to replicate the local geography? Pointless and comical lol.

 

[minus9]

I’m not sure why I found that so funny ..... but I did. The ‘irony’ is that we set our main lights to replicate the tropics (nominally 12 on/12 off) yet we’re going to spend hours recoding the seasonal table to replicate the local geography? Pointless and comical lol.

Exactly!

 

[Fishfinder]

I dont find it pointless. It would drive me crazy to not have it match what i see outside

 

[ca1ore]

That won’t last, in 2 weeks they’ll be on during the day.

LOL, exactly .....

 

[ca1ore]

I dont find it pointless. It would drive me crazy to not have it match what i see outside

So, do you match your main lighting to what you see outside? Maybe makes less difference if you live in FL, but doing that here in CT would be most counterproductive.

 

[Fishfinder]

So, do you match your main lighting to what you see outside? Maybe makes less difference if you live in FL, but doing that here in CT would be most counterproductive.

ya my lights match the sun schedule in florida.

 

[Fishfinder]

ive never thought about it but i guess im pretty lucky.

 

[ca1ore]

ive never thought about it but i guess im pretty lucky.

If I lived in FL, I’d run solar tubes on my tank. Buddy of mine tried here in CT but the large swings between Winter and Summer light hours made it a nonstarter.