Do you interact with your reef tank after 10PM?

[Peace River]

It's night time. The lights are off or have turned to a dim blue. Everything in the aquarium seems to have slowed down. It is close to bed time. Do you interact with your reef tank after 10PM?

 

[luis angel]

Yes, I would say quite a bit, I like to see how the fish go to their respective places, I always stay for about 30 minutes to see if something comes out of some coral, thanks to that habit one day I saw a crab that I had already had for 3 months without any problem go to eat my torch.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes- I watch the lights go out and the electrical bill decrease. . LOL
I dont do much once lights are out

 

[kindafun]

But of course! I have some moonlights come on for a bit, it's fun to see what goes on at night.

 

[Jedi Knghit]

All the time with a red flashlight, you never know what you'll see.

 

[Peair]

That's when I usually do major things like moving coral, special dosing, cleaning, I try and get close as possible to bed time so they can sleep it off, and usually after several hours after the lights are off they wake up super strong and wide open.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

sometimes when i cant sleep, ill come out with a flashlight to see what all is going on

 

[19Mateo83]

Since my sleeping schedule is trash and I’m up later, 10 o’clock is the beginning of the last segment of my light schedule where the tank winds down in twilight until finally going out at midnight. So yes, I’m usually feeding a cube of misys and watching the lps open up to feed. I love nighttime on the reef. Tonight around 10 o’clock I made my April tank update if you want to see what goes on on my reef at 10 check it out.

 

[lmfbs]

My lights are on a 12 hour cycle from 12pm - 12am, with a slow ramp up and ramp down. But 1/2hr after lights out is the best time to see my watchman goby who refuses to come out during the day.

 

[Jasonak]

If I cant sleep ill go down sometimes and check out the tank, its only time I get to see my cowries :)
I have a small flashlight by the tank.

 

[Waters]

Nope.....by then my lights are completely shut off. I don't even allow anybody to go in the basement where the tank sits and turn on the overhead lights lol.

 

[mfinn]

Once the lights go out, I'm done with the tank,,,,,,,,,,hopefully.

 

[Manpeckz]

Gotta check to see if my shrimp or big emerald are up to no good. They are usually good citizens from what I SEE.

 

[shakacuz]

currently only the sump as i had some GHA take over my chaeto and another it to mush. so manually removing any GHA i find so the chaeto can bounce back

 

[Reefer Matt]

Sometimes. I’ve done a last minute water change or skimmer cup clean before on the weekend. Usually I’m heading to sleep at 10 though.

 

[doubleshot00]

Not usually at 10 but at 5 am yes.

 

[chthao]

lights shut down at 10pm. kids and wife are sleeping by then, that's when i do water change, clean power heads, glass and perform water test. move and glue down new and old corals.

 

[Tommy B]

I look for Nighttime critters sometimes but that's it.