Lights on all the time?

[Fozzy225]

Lights on for 8 hours dusk and dawn hour before and after four 3 watt LEDs. 14 hours for moon light four 1 watt LEDs. Should it be completely dark?

 

[Bectan01]

Yes. You should give your tank a period of total darkness for sure, 12 hours would be fine...

 

[Fozzy225]

12 hours of complete darkness?

 

[Bectan01]

Sorry, yes. For instance I run moonlights for one hour then lights on for 8 hours, another 2 hours of moonlights and then total darkness for 13 hours.

 

[bribo12]

Yeah I wouldn't run those moonlights all night. Four 1 watt blue leds is still a little bit of light. Give them some dark lol

 

[herp_mommy]

I only have a dark period of three hours.

 

[Fishman007]

I have my tanks at 10hr light and 14hr darkness. You should keep the moon lights off during this darkness period as the others said.

 

[bribo12]

I only have a dark period of three hours.

But you still have a dark period

 

[Fishman007]

But you still have a dark period

Lol, so wait, you have your lighting on for 21hrs?

 

[herp_mommy]

Lol, so wait, you have your lighting on for 21hrs?

yessir.

 

[Fishman007]

yessir.

......... Why?

 

[herp_mommy]

.........

Pretty much trial and error for me, the longer the moonlights are on, the more often my snowflake polyps release their eggs. And who wouldn't want that? haha

 

[Fishman007]

Pretty much trial and error for me, the longer the moonlights are on, the more often my snowflake polyps release their eggs. And who wouldn't want that? haha

Oh! I thought you had your reef lights on, not your moonlights. Silly me!'

 

[herp_mommy]

Oh! I thought you had your reef lights on, not your moonlights. Silly me!'

haha no, I thought we were being technical. Moonlights are still lights

 

[Fishman007]

But not as bright, you win i guess

 

[Fozzy225]

Wow thanks. Bottom line is it needs to be dark. I'm gonna do 6 hours of dark

 

[Fozzy225]

Ok been a few days now with around 6 hours dark. Is there a reason for the darkness? Is it for the fish or the corals?

 

[bribo12]

Yes animals need a day-night cycle just like us humans do. Fish sleep to recover energy and corals feed mostly at night.

 

[Fozzy225]

Ok so the moonlight are to bright? It was 4 one watt LEDs across a 75 gallon

 

[Swicicki]

I've been diving at night and generally do not see the moon .

Turn off the flashlight and pitch black

I would say the "moonlights" are more useful for us keepers as night viewing lights and dawn dusk simulators.