lights on at nite

[jimbo63]

Hi Everyone, Sometimes when I come home from work it is late evening my lights are off. The lights are on a timer my question is can I turn them on for a little bit to look at my fish or is this a bad idea?

 

[lil.guppy]

Set your timer later in the morning so they stay on later in the evening depending on your schedule.
It might flip some of the fish out and unless you have a screen cover you might have a fish with wings.
I had a fish freak out when I did this

 

[florida joe]

I would not make it an everyday habit. Remember fish need down time. Putting your lights on is giving them a signal to start their daily routine of swimming and hunting for food by shorting your normal light routine IMO you are disrupting their day and night cycle

 

[meowzer]

Get some good led blue moon lights....This way it's natural for the fish, and you can still see in the tank....

 

[oceansidefish]

I run my lights this way....11am actinincs are on. 12:30 Halides. 7pm Halides off 8:30 actinincs off.

 

[salt210]

my lights come on at 11am and got off at 9pm. Ill probably have the halides come on an hour later and off an hour earlier once I get my bulbs in

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by lil.guppy
http:///forum/post/3015083
Set your timer later in the morning so they stay on later in the evening depending on your schedule.
+1 I agree with lil.guppy...I work night shift, and I adjusted my lights so that they are on when I get to see them. All the other times I have blue moonlights on, so there is always something nice to look at.

 

[joe____17]

Does the moonlight makes the fish want to come out at all?

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by joe____17
http:///forum/post/3015356
Does the moonlight makes the fish want to come out at all?
Not really, but you can see the ones who do come out at night....