[mike26]

Hi i was wondering if it would be a good idea to leave a small light on during the whole night in my display tank (small blue 6 watt energy saving light) My tank is situated in my lounge and when all the lights are of in my lounge it is extremly dark you realy cant see a thing . Should there not be some sort of light to simulate the moon Or am i realy being stupid

[Regal]

it's not necessary, but you can purchase moon lights if you like. Usually a cheapish blue LED light

[poiromaniax]

It is not necessary, more for your personal enjoyment.

It has been noted that night lighting does sometimes encourage spawning in certain fish species

[poiromaniax]

Regal beat me to it

[mike26]

Cool thanks i have seen a stip of LED that They sell at autostyle car assesories place in JHB I think they use them under the dash in cars THEY 12 Volt so it should work ? also not to expensive around R150.00 or do i need something more specific to marine?

[Zombie]

Any light will do. I think it was found that fish also stress less when there is some light still when the light goes off,the total darkenss can scare them and may be the cause of some fish jumping out our tanks

[mariusmeyer]

Those light strips will work. Might give too much light though.

[mike26]

hi they these ones cost R70.00

[Zombie]

I cheaper and better option would be to get one of those energy saving blue LED lights that fit into a normal globe socket. Just break the glass off and you have 4-6 LED's that will provide nice light thats not to strong

[Boegie]

My power adaptop is behind my tank and equipment that is plugged in and in an on position gives red lights all night long. Was wandering if this is ok. Seems like it is from about response thanks.

[poiromaniax]

Originally Posted by mike26

hi they these ones cost R70.00

I used something similar on my old FW tank,

run it with an ac adapter with different voltages - that way you can easily dim them

[mike26]

cool will go get one this weekend looks like it dos not need to much space so thats good space is a problem for me at the moment

[Oxydo]

I have not put this into my tank yet as i havnt built it yet ,but i was looking at some extraction fans and stumbled into a computer shop and saw a nifty Crystal computer fan whch has 3 small blue led lights built into the side. also running on 12V this can kill 2 birds in one. giving moon light and heat extraction. The guy gave it to me for free(Bonus) but i think they are R25.00

[hotdog83]

That is cool, I just installed two fans in my hood with blue LED's on, works really well as a night light!

[mike26]

now that sounds like a good idea ..

[Regal]

You can also look into the rio nightlight led (blue)



If you pm cher, i'm sure she can help you out with one

[hotdog83]

I also have a Rio Mini Sun Moonlight (weird name) like that lying around that I am not using, pretty cool little light that.