Interested in everyone’s opinion on whether or not to run moonlight setting. Is it better to run a period of darkness or better to run a moonlight setting? Any benefits to the coral to run the moonlights?
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I would think if you have the ability to mimic the moon phases it would be a good thing. Full moonlight every night I’m not so sure. Is your moonlight just blue light at low intensity?My lights have a built in lunar function that simulates the phases of the moon.
Pretty much. It has a very low percentage of white mixed in.I would think if you have the ability to mimic the moon phases it would be a good thing. Full moonlight every night I’m not so sure. Is your moonlight just blue light at low intensity?
This. If you really wanted to mimic moonlight, you would use the smallest white LED that exists, and probably tone it down a bit, and follow the moon phase. Clams spawning is the only thing I have every heard directly tied to moon phase though. If you really wanted to induce spawning, I think controlling the temperature to a yearly cycle would have far more impact.Moonlight is about 4000K and max's out at .32 lux (a lot less than 1 PAR) at the ocean's surface. Every blue LED I've seen used for moonlight is both brighter and the wrong color temperature. If you are doing it for yourself I would suggest going with the dimmist blue light you like. If you are doing it for your corals I would also suggest matching the moon cycle besides color temperature and intensity.
Moonlight is about 4000K and max's out at .32 lux (a lot less than 1 PAR) at the ocean's surface. Every blue LED I've seen used for moonlight is both brighter and the wrong color temperature. If you are doing it for yourself I would suggest going with the dimmist blue light you like. If you are doing it for your corals I would also suggest matching the moon cycle besides color temperature and intensity.
Do y’all think warm whit would be better than cool white? I currently have my lunar phase like thisThis. If you really wanted to mimic moonlight, you would use the smallest white LED that exists, and probably tone it down a bit, and follow the moon phase. Clams spawning is the only thing I have every heard directly tied to moon phase though. If you really wanted to induce spawning, I think controlling the temperature to a yearly cycle would have far more impact.