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FAQs about Coral et al. Cnidarians System
Lighting: Nighttime
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Some light is useful 24/7... greatly discounts anomalous
losses during the dark. It's never pitch black underwater
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Whether or not to moonlight?... 12/4/19
Hi Gang,
<Hey Chuck, howsit?>
I run a 220 gallon mixed reef (LPS and some SPS) with a fair
number of fish... plus a 60 gallon seaweed/macroalgae display tank on a common
sump.
The only inhabitants of the 60 are a copper banded butterfly that I've had for a
few years
<Wow!...a hard species to keep for extended periods of time>
(I was never successful at keeping one in a 'community' tank due to their lack
timidity at feeding time) plus a Coris wrasse, who only emerges from the DSB
ever few days, when he's hungry.
<The wrasse needs more room than this>
Would either of these tanks likely benefit -- or suffer -- from having some blue
LED moonlight shining down?
<Neither... just remember that marine critters are accustomed to get light from
the top/surface.>
I bought a little (supposedly) submersible unit...
but the instructions are in Chinese (literally) and it looks like it's really
best suited for a top-of-the-tank mounting. In any event, the cord between the
don't-dunk-this-part electronics and the sealed LED unit isn't all that long.
Not sure it would reach the bottom of my tank. My regular tank lighting doesn't
offer a practical moonlight solution.
<If space on your current lighting fixture allows it, place it there too...
I would; otherwise place it as close to the top as possible.>
Thanks in advance for any help on this...
Chuck
<Most welcome. Wil.>
Corals In The Moonlight! Hello there, Could you please advise
me on whether it is a good idea to leave a blue light, (marine Glo), on
at night. I have left mine on for five months now, and the difference
in the corals is amazing. There is plenty of cover for the fish. <I
don't see the harm in this at all. Think about it- on the reefs,
there is always some ambient light form the moon (except on moonless
nights), and there are many interesting aspects to coral spawning,
plankton upwelling, fish breeding, etc. that seem to be tied to lunar
cycles. You may even want to try running the lights and/or diffusing
them on a schedule that corresponds to lunar phases...could be
interesting to see what happens. Good luck! regards, Scott F.>
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