Moonlight LEDs

[Jetstorm369]

Hey guys, do moonlight LEDs have any effect (either positive or negative) on my plants or fish? Thanks!

 

[Tetra1990]

As far as I know, they are just for viewing pleasure.

 

[Rivercats]

They have no effect what so ever on fish or plants and as stated above are strictly for our viewing pleasure.

 

[Jetstorm369]

Thank you guys for your replies :]

 

[Oceangirl]

Watch for algae for some unknown reason I have an algae problem now with my Marineland LED lights. Luckily for me I have a molly in there.

 

[Chris7495]

They do nothing for your tank except promote algae growth.

 

[Rivercats]

They do nothing for your tank except promote algae growth.

I run moon lights on my 220g planted for several hours a night, for over a year, and they do not promote algae growth. I've used them for years in both fresh and salt water tanks. Moonlight LED's have such a low output of light they don't have the ability to promote any type of growth.

 

[Zimmanski]

I would think that your main lights would promote more algae growth. I use moonlights because I like to see my fish when I'm home, but I was getting more algae growth leaving the main lights on too long. I have a 55 with a marineland hidden led, and a 20 gallon with TrueLumen blue LEDs that stay on 24/7, no algae what so ever in the twenty so I don't know what the people are talking about when they say moonlights cause algae