anyone know about a moonlight?
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claireep
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sorry, i guess i was too flighty...
it has the 10k and actinic pcs and then when you turn those off (at night or whenever) there are just four 1-watt tiny lightbulbs in there that stay on all the time to simulate moonlight. like a nightlight for fish. i was askin the pros/cons of this fixture.
the lfs said its good for spawning and i was just wondering if there were other things good or bad about it. or if there really is no difference other than looking really cool at night.
it has the 10k and actinic pcs and then when you turn those off (at night or whenever) there are just four 1-watt tiny lightbulbs in there that stay on all the time to simulate moonlight. like a nightlight for fish. i was askin the pros/cons of this fixture.
the lfs said its good for spawning and i was just wondering if there were other things good or bad about it. or if there really is no difference other than looking really cool at night.
sammystingray
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Originally posted by ClaireEP
the lfs said its good for spawning
Myth in my opinion....it's the moons gravitational pull, not it's reflected light, that effects tides and spawning. Corals still spawn when there are too many clouds to even see the moons reflected light. I consider moonlights basically useless aside from looks at night.....and I do like the way they look....they don't hurt anything......about the same as having lights on in the house when the tank lights go out. I personally like the blue ones folks get...I don't have any, but wouldn't mind getting some.
krishj39
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If you are going to putin "moonlighting" I HIGHLY recommend putting in a blue (or red, if you prefer) rope light. You can find them just about anywhere, Walmart, Target, HD, Lowes, Kmart, where ever. They cost around 10$. Since they are just for looks, you don't need the 100$+ "official" moonlights. I have a 6 foot blue rope light in my tank, and I have been very happy with it. I leave it on 24/7 for convenience, but you could also put it on a timer to come on at night only.
krishj39
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I attached mine with the plastic clips it comes with. I have a 6 foot light, folded in half, so that I have essentially 2, 3 foot strips right next to each other. I have the two halves attached together with small zip ties. The advantage of having the lights close together is that you get some rippling effect. The reason you see rippling with MH and not flourescent is that the light is more centralized with the MH, as opposed to the flourescent that basically cover the top of the tank. If that doesn't make sense let me know, and I'll go take a pic of my setup. As far as color, I'd go with blue, just cause I'm always after the natural look. But, red has the advantage that, at least reportedly, the animals can't see red light, so they think they are in the dark. Red looks cool too, just that I always want things to look as much like nature as possible. They also have white rope lights which would also give a natural look, I'd imagine.
escape2thewater
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killer idea! I have wanted the moonlights for awhile now but didnt want to drop the $$$ to get them, thought about trying to make my own but s*#t, I have one of those blue rope lights sitting in the closet right now! Thanks for the info!
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horus
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I just got the custom sealife 24 hour system for my nano. I got it off ---- for almost cost from a store dealer on there. If you are interested in getting one of these, contact me and I'll give you the guys name.
I love it so far... I'm gonna get timers tomorrow to setup the lights to simulate a real light setting. Have the actinics on to simulate dusk and dawn and then turn the moonlites on at night ...moonlites are sooooooo sweet. I like the way it shows the ripples from the water on my sandbed. Don't care if it doesn't do anything like they claim it promotes spawning, it looks really cool and beats a dark tank. Most of my inverts hide during the day because my damsels are mean... but with the moonlites I get to watch them before I go to bed.
I love it so far... I'm gonna get timers tomorrow to setup the lights to simulate a real light setting. Have the actinics on to simulate dusk and dawn and then turn the moonlites on at night ...moonlites are sooooooo sweet. I like the way it shows the ripples from the water on my sandbed. Don't care if it doesn't do anything like they claim it promotes spawning, it looks really cool and beats a dark tank. Most of my inverts hide during the day because my damsels are mean... but with the moonlites I get to watch them before I go to bed.