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Ok...thanks...No, the fish & corals need 8 hrs of darkness. I run my moonlights until 1am. My blues then startup at 10am.
Same here basically. Lights out from 8:30pm to 8am.I agree. When I first got my "moonlights", I first left them on so that I could watch the tank after hours. However, what I noticed was that some fish never "slept". So now I include the moonlights as part of my early dawn and late evening. Total blackness for 12 hours.
Ok so this may be dumb..what are moon lights and lunar lights? Are they the blues?Lunar lights are fine if they are very dim. they can possibly help with the spawning cycle of certain fish.
Ok so this may be dumb..what are moon lights and lunar lights? Are they the blues?
No, moonlights need to be very dim. We are talking just a hint of light... features in the tank should be difficult to make out and corals will just barely floress.What about very weak stock lights as a night light option
Ok good yo know...i have a fluval 2.0 marine and reef 36 inch fixture..it has some blues on it.Yes, moon lights are a couple blue LEDs. Some fixtures come with a couple blues for moon lights and you can also purchase stand-alone. I have two, four foot Ice Cap moon lights that are part of my light cycle.
Haha..i guess that makes alot of sense.If fish needed some sort of night light they will create one them self, if not don't worry let it be dark as you don't want that fish with a self created night light in your glass box
That makes total sense...thanksMore they are in the dark the better. Most corals feed of zooxanthelle it's the algae it makes to feed off. Durn the day it makes sugar for energy. So at night it needs the dark to burn off the carbon dioxide. That's why at night the pH drops. That's the easiest way to explain it. But coral needs dark. As much as you can. The corals also feed at night. The fish could use it too. Clean up crews work the best in the dark as well. Mine get about 7-8 hours of dark.