Magnumreef
10/22/2004, 08:18 AM
:confused: How does Atinic Lighting ( or even moon lighting) affect fish and coral???
I have a year and a half old 50g reef tank with a 15g sump (no refugium) and I run 96watts of 50/50 lighting for 10 hrs/day. I am setting up a 180g tank w/ reef safe fish, inverts & sps & softies. This new tank will be in the family room where we do all our entertaining and spend most of our time.
Later in the evening when the lights would normally be off I would like to run something so that tank is still the show piece (Instead of a giant glass bucket of water that can't be viewed properly)
Can I run atinics or moon lighting for long periods of time without having an adverse affect on the inhabitants of my underwater world, would this have any affect on the growth of algae or would this negatively affect something else I haven't thought of??
Thanx in advance
Darryl
I have a year and a half old 50g reef tank with a 15g sump (no refugium) and I run 96watts of 50/50 lighting for 10 hrs/day. I am setting up a 180g tank w/ reef safe fish, inverts & sps & softies. This new tank will be in the family room where we do all our entertaining and spend most of our time.
Later in the evening when the lights would normally be off I would like to run something so that tank is still the show piece (Instead of a giant glass bucket of water that can't be viewed properly)
Can I run atinics or moon lighting for long periods of time without having an adverse affect on the inhabitants of my underwater world, would this have any affect on the growth of algae or would this negatively affect something else I haven't thought of??
Thanx in advance
Darryl