jerth6932
Active Member
Originally Posted by cain420
yea me too.. just seems more natural.. which ones u like better jerth? maybe the blue looks better in person..
I personaly like the blues.....less light.... and more errie.... Keeps the night feel on it... White I throw on when I want to see what is REALLY going on in there!!! But the blues are my choice...
yea me too.. just seems more natural.. which ones u like better jerth? maybe the blue looks better in person..
I personaly like the blues.....less light.... and more errie.... Keeps the night feel on it... White I throw on when I want to see what is REALLY going on in there!!! But the blues are my choice...
nytrillium
Member
I was just going to ask that... that was what i was thinking. WHite light is most detectible.... BY starfish and other primitive organisims that sense shadows and light/dark. So the softer blue light would make them think it was dark out. Nice to know ...
jerth6932
Active Member
Originally Posted by NYTrillium
I was just going to ask that... that was what i was thinking. WHite light is most detectible.... BY starfish and other primitive organisims that sense shadows and light/dark. So the softer blue light would make them think it was dark out. Nice to know ...
I was just going to ask that... that was what i was thinking. WHite light is most detectible.... BY starfish and other primitive organisims that sense shadows and light/dark. So the softer blue light would make them think it was dark out. Nice to know ...
cain420
Active Member
i know when the actinics turn off in my tank, the white lunars are on, and all my critters come out, and the fish run right to their sleeping spot.. maybe they just get used to the white... i dont have starfish or anything like that, but the light sensitive worms i have come right out with the whites on..
jerth6932
Active Member
Originally Posted by JrMafia90
I can't wait until I get mine! But when I do get it, I will be able to get corals and stuff rite?
Moon lighting isn't what you worry about for coral..... it is your "MAIN" lighting.......... It is what needs to support your corals and such!!! But yeah you can run moon lighting and have corals!
I can't wait until I get mine! But when I do get it, I will be able to get corals and stuff rite?
Moon lighting isn't what you worry about for coral..... it is your "MAIN" lighting.......... It is what needs to support your corals and such!!! But yeah you can run moon lighting and have corals!
jrmafia90
Member
Originally Posted by Jerth6932
Moon lighting isn't what you worry about for coral..... it is your "MAIN" lighting.......... It is what needs to support your corals and such!!! But yeah you can run moon lighting and have corals!
Yea, I know moon lighting. Sorry I should have been more specific. I am looking to buy this light:
http://www.**************.com/Produc...&N=2004+113544
Would that be good for corals?
Moon lighting isn't what you worry about for coral..... it is your "MAIN" lighting.......... It is what needs to support your corals and such!!! But yeah you can run moon lighting and have corals!
Yea, I know moon lighting. Sorry I should have been more specific. I am looking to buy this light:
http://www.**************.com/Produc...&N=2004+113544
Would that be good for corals?
cain420
Active Member
Originally Posted by iudchi
I have a 48" long tank. Would a 24" moonlight be enought or do i need to get the 48"? And also, I have no clear (see through) top except where my normal lighting is located, where would I place my moonlights?
depends on how much u want to see in the tank... u dont NEEED any moonlights....
I have a 48" long tank. Would a 24" moonlight be enought or do i need to get the 48"? And also, I have no clear (see through) top except where my normal lighting is located, where would I place my moonlights?
depends on how much u want to see in the tank... u dont NEEED any moonlights....
cowfishrule
Active Member
Originally Posted by cain420
i believe the actinics are just a supplement light.. not a moon light though.. too bright for that.. i use em as a dawn/dusk effect.. have em on for an hour b4 the 10000k's come on for dawn, and stay on an hour later then the 10000k's for dusk.. makes a great transition thru the day for the fish.. although i doubt they really care, lol.. my clowns keep swimming around until the actinics turn off, then shoot straight to their sleeping spot..
my gramma and firefish do the same thing.
when the actinics click off, they swim to their sleeping holes.
i believe the actinics are just a supplement light.. not a moon light though.. too bright for that.. i use em as a dawn/dusk effect.. have em on for an hour b4 the 10000k's come on for dawn, and stay on an hour later then the 10000k's for dusk.. makes a great transition thru the day for the fish.. although i doubt they really care, lol.. my clowns keep swimming around until the actinics turn off, then shoot straight to their sleeping spot..
my gramma and firefish do the same thing.
when the actinics click off, they swim to their sleeping holes.
jonny bolt
Member
I have a 48" Orbit PC setup on my tank. Its kinda hard to get a good pic of the lunar lights. Maybe I will try to shoot a small vid clip of it tonight.
cain420
Active Member
Originally Posted by Jonny Bolt
I have a 48" Orbit PC setup on my tank. Its kinda hard to get a good pic of the lunar lights. Maybe I will try to shoot a small vid clip of it tonight.
or have a cam that can take night shots... lol
can you adjust the shutter speed of your camera? you will need a tripod to hold the camera still enough because the shutter stays open alot longer to let more light into the lens...
I have a 48" Orbit PC setup on my tank. Its kinda hard to get a good pic of the lunar lights. Maybe I will try to shoot a small vid clip of it tonight.
or have a cam that can take night shots... lol
can you adjust the shutter speed of your camera? you will need a tripod to hold the camera still enough because the shutter stays open alot longer to let more light into the lens...
Z
zensaiyan
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thanks a bunch for posting the pictures of your moon lights. they look awesome. i have a 48" tank currently. i was thinking of putting blues on each end and a white in the middle. the lunar link moon lights come with 2 LEDs in each link. so that would be a total of 6 LEDs. any opinions as to whether this would be too much?
and don't worry, i know that actinics are not moon lights. they are more for aesthetics.
and don't worry, i know that actinics are not moon lights. they are more for aesthetics.
jonny bolt
Member
Originally Posted by cain420
or have a cam that can take night shots... lol
can you adjust the shutter speed of your camera? you will need a tripod to hold the camera still enough because the shutter stays open alot longer to let more light into the lens...
You cant capture the moving ripple effect of lunar lights with a pic lol.
or have a cam that can take night shots... lol
can you adjust the shutter speed of your camera? you will need a tripod to hold the camera still enough because the shutter stays open alot longer to let more light into the lens...
You cant capture the moving ripple effect of lunar lights with a pic lol.
jerth6932
Active Member
Originally Posted by zensaiyan
thanks a bunch for posting the pictures of your moon lights. they look awesome. i have a 48" tank currently. i was thinking of putting blues on each end and a white in the middle. the lunar link moon lights come with 2 LEDs in each link. so that would be a total of 6 LEDs. any opinions as to whether this would be too much?
and don't worry, i know that actinics are not moon lights. they are more for aesthetics.
If they turn on independantly..... then I would go with both in that set up.... but if you can not turn them on independatly..... I wouldn't do it, cause I dont like what it created when mixed..... Once again it is personal.... I will post another pic with both of them on together......
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thanks a bunch for posting the pictures of your moon lights. they look awesome. i have a 48" tank currently. i was thinking of putting blues on each end and a white in the middle. the lunar link moon lights come with 2 LEDs in each link. so that would be a total of 6 LEDs. any opinions as to whether this would be too much?
and don't worry, i know that actinics are not moon lights. they are more for aesthetics.
If they turn on independantly..... then I would go with both in that set up.... but if you can not turn them on independatly..... I wouldn't do it, cause I dont like what it created when mixed..... Once again it is personal.... I will post another pic with both of them on together......