Need Help With Night Lighting....

[Matthew Lee Newell]

is it okay to run blue lighting for a tropical tank a night?
as we all do... i would love to be able to see the tank after dark, without it being a problem for the fish and plants?
what are the options for night lighting if there are any?

my tank currently has:
a 5'' Featherfin Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) - which i know is a nocturnal feeder?
Convict cichlid
jack dempsey
red finned shark

 

[england]

yes people have blue lights....marine blue lights....I have on my tank, sometimes i switch it one after lights out to see what they do,,however there is no need at all to leave it on all night lone, after all it is only for you to see what happens...it would be a waste of money to leave on all night....all of my nocturnal feeders will eat in the day time, as long as they work out when feeding time is they will appear out of the blue for a chow down

 

[Matthew Lee Newell]

yes people have blue lights....marine blue lights....I have on my tank, sometimes i switch it one after lights out to see what they do,,however there is no need at all to leave it on all night lone, after all it is only for you to see what happens...it would be a waste of money to leave on all night....all of my nocturnal feeders will eat in the day time, as long as they work out when feeding time is they will appear out of the blue for a chow down

cheers,
yeah im fully aware that people use blue lights because im running blue aquarays on my marine tank, i was just unsure how tropical fish would react with them....

 

[england]

hehe sweet, yes there fine with them....what size tank you have buddy?
how big is your jd?

 

[Matthew Lee Newell]

hehe sweet, yes there fine with them....what size tank you have buddy?
how big is your jd?

haha cool

my tank is L-30'' w-18'' D-12''
my JD is still young, so hes only like an inch and a half....
same with the convict and red finned shark...

but the Featherfin Catfish is like 5 - 6'' lol