When Fish Sleep

[crackmonkey]

When fish sleep to they need to be in pitch black, or can you leave your moonlighting on overnight?

 

[Wiggler 1]

Im just new at the moonlighting...but I had asked this question before
and this is what I got back...If I had my daylight lights on all day and then timed the moonlights to come on for 2 or 3 hrs when the days went off and then gave my tank darness that this was good ....or I could keep my moonlights on all nite if the fish could have a place to hide which was dark, since I use pinpoint moonlights this was easy, but I found all my fish prefered the dark. So I do the moonlights for a few hours then darkness then timed moonlights to come on 2hrs before daylights come on... If someone else cares to add or discredit this please do as I said am new to it...hope this helps B)

P.s. if you turn your lights off you will see that some fish will fade in colour, Lots of forum members said this is fish that have been sleeping, with the moonlights on I never seen this fading thing

 

[sylvia]

The moon doesn't black out for them in the wild...

Having said that, 'moonlighting' in many aquariums isn't realy like light from the moon. Use your own judgement... If you think they are too bright then switch them off and if they aren't you can leave them on (Though I don't see why you want to? Fish keeping already equals high electricity bills and no one's going to be watching them during the night I would think - seeing as moonlights realy do only exist for aesthetic purposes...). If in doubt, just turn them off to be on the safe side.

 

[Jen]

One of my friends kept fish for about 5 years. Cichlids. He never turned the lights of. They were only off for the 6 hours it took his to clean his tank every 6 or 8 months (I don't know how those fish didnt die in the disgusting 6 month old water, and then the drastic change to the new water.)

 

[sylvia]

Didn't he end up with algae-coated... everything?

 

[Barracuda518]

The moon doesn't black out for them in the wild...

Having said that, 'moonlighting' in many aquariums isn't realy like light from the moon. Use your own judgement... If you think they are too bright then switch them off and if they aren't you can leave them on (Though I don't see why you want to? Fish keeping already equals high electricity bills and no one's going to be watching them during the night I would think - seeing as moonlights realy do only exist for aesthetic purposes...). If in doubt, just turn them off to be on the safe side.

[snapback]890841[/snapback]​

I agree on the electicity bills. I turn mine off every night before I go to bed, turn it on in the morning to make sure everyone is ok and then turn it off again before I leave. It stays on when im at home and thats it. The water in the wild isnt lit like that all the time anyways...

 

[comedykicks]

The moon doesn't black out for them in the wild...

Having said that, 'moonlighting' in many aquariums isn't realy like light from the moon. Use your own judgement... If you think they are too bright then switch them off and if they aren't you can leave them on (Though I don't see why you want to? Fish keeping already equals high electricity bills and no one's going to be watching them during the night I would think - seeing as moonlights realy do only exist for aesthetic purposes...). If in doubt, just turn them off to be on the safe side.

[snapback]890841[/snapback]​

I agree on the electicity bills. I turn mine off every night before I go to bed, turn it on in the morning to make sure everyone is ok and then turn it off again before I leave. It stays on when im at home and thats it. The water in the wild isnt lit like that all the time anyways...

[snapback]891283[/snapback]​

I do the same, and not only because of electricity bill but I'm paranoid that there could be an electrical short which would burn down the apartment and kill my precious babies