the egregious
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Is it actually bad for the fish to leave the moonlights on for the entire night?
Kinda dumb question but
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kas2247
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All of those conflicting opinions never made sense to me. The moon is on all night, is it not? Besides cloud cover, of course. So I don't understand why some people think it's bad to have a few little lights on all night simulating the moon. I agree that consistency is key. My moon lights are hardly bright enough to see until your eyes adjust to it. Then it really does look like the moon (go figure) shimmering in the dark water.
aquaknight
Active Member
IMO, it depends on the moon lights. I have seen moon lights that are way too bright and those definitely should be on a timer. I had two tiny LEDs on my 29 and left them on 24/7. Those "rope lights" and spot light moon light "pods" they sell are far too bright.
Originally Posted by kas2247
http:///forum/post/2503863
All of those conflicting opinions never made sense to me. The moon is on all night, is it not? Besides cloud cover, of course. So I don't understand why some people think it's bad to have a few little lights on all night simulating the moon. I agree that consistency is key. My moon lights are hardly bright enough to see until your eyes adjust to it. Then it really does look like the moon (go figure) shimmering in the dark water.
True, but many days in a month is the moon in full? Or how many days are completely overcast with zero moonlight?
Originally Posted by kas2247
http:///forum/post/2503863
All of those conflicting opinions never made sense to me. The moon is on all night, is it not? Besides cloud cover, of course. So I don't understand why some people think it's bad to have a few little lights on all night simulating the moon. I agree that consistency is key. My moon lights are hardly bright enough to see until your eyes adjust to it. Then it really does look like the moon (go figure) shimmering in the dark water.
True, but many days in a month is the moon in full? Or how many days are completely overcast with zero moonlight?
kas2247
Member
Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2503930
True, but many days in a month is the moon in full? Or how many days are completely overcast with zero moonlight?
Hmmm, well if you look at it that way, maybe consistency isn't the key after all! I really think (just like you said), as long as they're not super bright, they'll be fine.
Aren't there moon lights out there now that really simulate the moon with different brightness on different nights, etc? I thought I read about those somewhere. Now THAT would be cool.
http:///forum/post/2503930
True, but many days in a month is the moon in full? Or how many days are completely overcast with zero moonlight?
Hmmm, well if you look at it that way, maybe consistency isn't the key after all! I really think (just like you said), as long as they're not super bright, they'll be fine.
Aren't there moon lights out there now that really simulate the moon with different brightness on different nights, etc? I thought I read about those somewhere. Now THAT would be cool.
the egregious
Member
Yeah, I would also like to get the LED that arent super blue like mine are. I see a lot of people who have LED that give off a whitish color, and I persoanlly think that that would emulate the moon's light much better.
cowfishrule
Active Member
you can buy an entire lunar lighting system- does all phases of the moon.
but its mucho $, and imho, unneccessary.
my moonlights are on only from 10pm to 12 noon. by 7 am, there's enough light in the house that you cant even tell they are on.
but its mucho $, and imho, unneccessary.
my moonlights are on only from 10pm to 12 noon. by 7 am, there's enough light in the house that you cant even tell they are on.
kas2247
Member
Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2504199
you can buy an entire lunar lighting system- does all phases of the moon.
but its mucho $, and imho, unneccessary.
Unnecessary, definitely... but still pretty cool!
http:///forum/post/2504199
you can buy an entire lunar lighting system- does all phases of the moon.
but its mucho $, and imho, unneccessary.
Unnecessary, definitely... but still pretty cool!
h3b
Member
My solaris Leds have moon lights and they simulate the phases of the moon with a general light level from 1-100 and mho i think they should be at like 10% power. Basically what im saying is that I think you should have really dim lights because moonlight really isnt that strong in nature