jennythebugg
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would having the moonlights on be the equivalent of a covered flashlight or would i be able to see more with the moonlights off and a covered flashlight?
night critters
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autofreak44
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it probably depends on how strong your moon lights are. the weaker the better but not so dark you cant see
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nereef
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you will see quite a bit with moon lights.
msez2u
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We have a moon light that comes on when the lights go out. What we use to see all the night critters is a flash light with a red cover on it. We see the critters just fine, but it doesn't bother anyone. For some reason the red doesn't bother them or you can use a flash light with a LED bulb in it that doesnt seem to bother them either.
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nereef
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Originally Posted by Kevin34
Fish cant see red
most can't. whoops, i thought you said can.
Fish cant see red
most can't. whoops, i thought you said can.
mommafishinmd
Member
Originally Posted by Kevin34
Fish cant see red
I am new to the SW tank hobby so please excuse my ignorance, but why do regular flash light bulbs bother the fish if they are under light all day long? Does it shock them?
Fish cant see red
I am new to the SW tank hobby so please excuse my ignorance, but why do regular flash light bulbs bother the fish if they are under light all day long? Does it shock them?
miaheatlvr
Active Member
Originally Posted by MommaFishinMD
I am new to the SW tank hobby so please excuse my ignorance, but why do regular flash light bulbs bother the fish if they are under light all day long? Does it shock them?
THey are talking about NIGHTIME viewing, not daytime. p.s Welcome to the boards!
I am new to the SW tank hobby so please excuse my ignorance, but why do regular flash light bulbs bother the fish if they are under light all day long? Does it shock them?
THey are talking about NIGHTIME viewing, not daytime. p.s Welcome to the boards!
mommafishinmd
Member
Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
THey are talking about NIGHTIME viewing, not daytime. p.s Welcome to the boards!
Thank you!
I know they are talking about viewing at night time but I was wondering what a regular flash light bulb does to the fish and why they say not to use it?
THey are talking about NIGHTIME viewing, not daytime. p.s Welcome to the boards!
Thank you!
I know they are talking about viewing at night time but I was wondering what a regular flash light bulb does to the fish and why they say not to use it?
jennythebugg
Active Member
yeah welcome to your new second home hahaha.
i was just wondering - because i thought maybe we were missing out on some good stuff to see idf it worked different with the flashlight my night vision is so bad that i just see little blurs -but they are fun blurs though becuse you dont see them in the day-kinda like you got a whole nutha tank haha
momma the regular bulb is bright and the nocturnal things wont come out if they see or hear anything
i was just wondering - because i thought maybe we were missing out on some good stuff to see idf it worked different with the flashlight my night vision is so bad that i just see little blurs -but they are fun blurs though becuse you dont see them in the day-kinda like you got a whole nutha tank haha
momma the regular bulb is bright and the nocturnal things wont come out if they see or hear anything
miaheatlvr
Active Member
Originally Posted by MommaFishinMD
Thank you!
I know they are talking about viewing at night time but I was wondering what a regular flash light bulb does to the fish and why they say not to use it?
AHHH,, the strong bright light in a "Pitch Black" nightime enviroment will shock the fish and nightime critters, when they are suppose to be in darkness and "sleeping"
Thank you!
I know they are talking about viewing at night time but I was wondering what a regular flash light bulb does to the fish and why they say not to use it?
AHHH,, the strong bright light in a "Pitch Black" nightime enviroment will shock the fish and nightime critters, when they are suppose to be in darkness and "sleeping"
mommafishinmd
Member
Originally Posted by jennythebugg
yeah welcome to your new second home hahaha.
i was just wondering - because i thought maybe we were missing out on some good stuff to see idf it worked different with the flashlight my night vision is so bad that i just see little blurs -but they are fun blurs though becuse you dont see them in the day-kinda like you got a whole nutha tank haha
momma the regular bulb is bright and the nocturnal things wont come out if they see or hear anything
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
yeah welcome to your new second home hahaha.
i was just wondering - because i thought maybe we were missing out on some good stuff to see idf it worked different with the flashlight my night vision is so bad that i just see little blurs -but they are fun blurs though becuse you dont see them in the day-kinda like you got a whole nutha tank haha
momma the regular bulb is bright and the nocturnal things wont come out if they see or hear anything
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
jennythebugg
Active Member
Originally Posted by MommaFishinMD
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
jennythebugg
Active Member
Originally Posted by MommaFishinMD
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat stuff home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
OK now I get it! I am so new to all of this and trying to educate myself as quick as possible. I have already became a HUGE fan of our SW tank. See the things hubby brings home
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat stuff home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
mommafishinmd
Member
Originally Posted by jennythebugg
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat stuff home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
We acquired our tank from a close friend who was moving and had to part ways with it. I was not that excited about it, in till it came home and got set up. Now I can not get enough of it.
i'm in the same boat ( newbie) the man (seasalt) drags something pretty neat stuff home and i come on here and see what everyone else is saying about theirs
We acquired our tank from a close friend who was moving and had to part ways with it. I was not that excited about it, in till it came home and got set up. Now I can not get enough of it.
jennythebugg
Active Member
tobin(seasalt )had tanks when he was younger but he got another one when he go sick with cancer the first time now we have this one and we all just love the fish ! whats not to love though - the night critters we are talking about live in the live rocks -little worms and bugs and such
mommafishinmd
Member
We just added a new night critter to our mix. We got a brittle starfish, I thought he would hide for a few days in the reef and rocks. He did not come out his first night in the tank but by morning he was on the glass pushing the turbo snails out of his way! But we spend hours just gazing into the tank day and night. The only night critter I do not like is our new discovery of the bristle worm or worms we have. There are not many but I am not that fond on them.
seasalt101
Active Member
look up do it yourself bristleworm trap on the net its not hard and should get 'em
mommafishinmd
Member
Originally Posted by seasalt101
look up do it yourself bristleworm trap on the net its not hard and should get 'em
Hubby found that last night, we may try it. But from everything we have read it says that they are not bad for your tank in less they take over it. Right now we have only seen one and he is only about a 3/4 an inch. Now am I correct, will he harm the reef,coral or fish in any way?
look up do it yourself bristleworm trap on the net its not hard and should get 'em
Hubby found that last night, we may try it. But from everything we have read it says that they are not bad for your tank in less they take over it. Right now we have only seen one and he is only about a 3/4 an inch. Now am I correct, will he harm the reef,coral or fish in any way?