Moonlighting

[jond]

I am interested in puting some moonlighting in my canopy. I know it can be done with a small incandescent bulb. What size, type and watts does anyone reccomend using? I have a 37gal. tall tank with a canopy.

 

[tanker newbie]

im instrested in the same thing, i have my new 55 watt smart light comeing in on tuesday and thats 23 inches long, my fixture is 30 inches long,so i have space on both sides to do it , what types of light bulbs do u use, and all the questions along with it??? thanks in advance allan

 

[mr . salty]

I experimented briefly with this Idea,but I have no corals in my tank.But I was using a pair of very small BLACK LIGHT tubes.They were about 8 watts and 11 inches long. The light that these gave off was pretty cool (I THOUGHT)But for the lack of importance in a FO tank,the idea was ditched.

 

[jond]

MR . SALTY
I do have a reef with corals. Is this a good or bad idea? And if okay to do, would the small black lights be the way to go?
Thanks

 

[up north hermit]

FWIW
At Wal-Mart I bought a $4.95 indiglo nite-lite. It is flat and the light is round, and I believe it is 7 watts. I mounted it on the side glass near the top of my 40 gal reef. It makes the reef look awesome at night. Looks just like the moon!
Just an idea that works for me, and is very cheap, and I LOVE the way it looks.
Hermit

 

[mr . salty]

Maybe one of our REFF/CORAL experts could answer this question better than me.I try to steer clear of Questions concerning the care of corals(I'm no expert by far)But this seems to be a lighting/equiptment Q. The moonlight cycle in a reef tank is somewhat debatable.Some swear that it can,and will,perswade your corals to reproduce.