My moonlights on 11p - 6am
Is that a rhetorical question? I'm not asking for sarcasm etc. It's an honest question as I have little experience with Moonlight functions.
Ask yourself if the moonlight is for you or the fish. If it's for viewing when you're awake (like in the evenings), it's fine. If you're going to run your tank with lights on all the time then you have to ask what the benefit for your reef is (and not just the fish).
Having a LED light with circadian rhythm is very cool and if you turn the brightness on your moonlight feature down, you will truly enjoy watching the moon wax and wane in your aquarium every month regardless of what the clouds are doing outdoors. It can provide quite a nice light especially for taking photos. In the natural world, your corals would be experiencing moonlight changes so, why not enjoy the moonlight in your home and on your corals? I have never experienced an adverse effect on my aquarium with the moonlight function turned on. It has mostly added to the enjoyment and the amount of time that I can watch the animals react to the light. Make sure that you have set the dimmer on so that it isn’t blasting your corals at night.
Your reply was very nice, detailed and cordial. Can't say that about some other folks. I'm new and trying to learn as much as possible and you gave an amazing answer. Truly appreciate your time and care in responding!Having a LED light with circadian rhythm is very cool and if you turn the brightness on your moonlight feature down, you will truly enjoy watching the moon wax and wane in your aquarium every month regardless of what the clouds are doing outdoors. It can provide quite a nice light especially for taking photos. In the natural world, your corals would be experiencing moonlight changes so, why not enjoy the moonlight in your home and on your corals? I have never experienced an adverse effect on my aquarium with the moonlight function turned on. It has mostly added to the enjoyment and the amount of time that I can watch the animals react to the light. Make sure that you have set the dimmer on so that it isn’t blasting your corals at night.
It’s pretty…
PS I think that the corals like it…check it out for a month or so and see what happens and make your decision based upon your findings. I get the frustration when you ask a question and you sort of get the run around. I hope that isn’t how you see my reply. I seriously think it is cool and the corals like it. It really depends on what you have and what you are doing and it’s so hard to know/. It’s a fair question.
I am responding from my experience
Great detail. I may try them on for a few nights but am going to cover 75% of the blue just to allow some darkness.
Thank you, I appreciate your words. I understand being new, I remember when I first had to figure how to make saltwater. After I filled my aquarium, the salinity was off and I had to somehow figure out how to raise it. I hadn’t done math in what felt like decades as sad as that is to say, it was challenging. So many questions, I get it. That is what this forum is for…asking for help, sharing your successes and the failures so that others don’t stumble into predicaments. For example, knowing what water parameters your animals need for their best survival is tough. Everyone’s aquarium is different. I know that there are ranges that you should stay in, but you gotta figure out what is needed in your environment and definitely do it so that it positively impacts your tank…not the other way around. Keep a sharp eye on your water parameters and write them in a journal. Document the health of your tank every time you do a water change. Monitor and follow up. Check your notes on when the last time you looked into your aquarium and everything was thriving. If stuff starts going sideways, try to get back to where you were. What is hard about it is that over time, the tank matures and needs more or less of something that you hadn’t thought of. Testing with a good test kit as tedious as it sometimes gets, is essential to your success. Understanding it will help you go far and one day, your water will be crystal clear, no crappy algae will be growing and you’ll watch your corals start to propagate. It’s like spring time all year long in an aquarium. Life busts out and blooms, it can’t help itself when it’s healthy. There is always going to be someone who knows
Amazing pics! Second pic has a hammer in foreground and a torch in back right? Daydreaming about those in my future build.Thank you, I appreciate your words. I understand being new, I remember when I first had to figure how to make saltwater. After I filled my aquarium, the salinity was off and I had to somehow figure out how to raise it. I hadn’t done math in what felt like decades as sad as that is to say, it was challenging. So many questions, I get it. That is what this forum is for…asking for help, sharing your successes and the failures so that others don’t stumble into predicaments. For example, knowing what water parameters your animals need for their best survival is tough. Everyone’s aquarium is different. I know that there are ranges that you should stay in, but you gotta figure out what is needed in your environment and definitely do it so that it positively impacts your tank…not the other way around. Keep a sharp eye on your water parameters and write them in a journal. Document the health of your tank every time you do a water change. Monitor and follow up. Check your notes on when the last time you looked into your aquarium and everything was thriving. If stuff starts going sideways, try to get back to where you were. What is hard about it is that over time, the tank matures and needs more or less of something that you hadn’t thought of. Testing with a good test kit as tedious as it sometimes gets, is essential to your success. Understanding it will help you go far and one day, your water will be crystal clear, no crappy algae will be growing and you’ll watch your corals start to propagate. It’s like spring time all year long in an aquarium. Life busts out and blooms, it can’t help itself when it’s healthy. There is always going to be someone who knows
more and is 20 steps ahead of you, but someday, if you stay with it, you will be in a position to start helping others.
Yes, that is my Golden Hammer up front and center. He is beautiful. He has a mouth! I actually feed him shrimp and he eats them. I have also fed him pieces of a little fish, the name of the fish escapes me right now, in any event, the Hammer will eat pieces of fish! It’s so cool to watch. I even saw a photo once where a Hammer consumed an entire fish. Some little fish swam a little too close to the Hammer and he snatched it up and devoured it. Not kidding!
Have you ever tried it? I have a Radion XR15 G5 Blue light and you can watch the moon rise and set. The light that it casts in my aquarium is a pale purple. It isn’t at all like a LIGHT comes on. It slowly starts to rise and then sets. It is gradual and pleasing. I migrated all of my lights even in my freshwater tanks to lights that have circadian rhythm. My guess is that it may be part marketing, but they got the idea from Mother Earth. Mother Earth knows what she is doing.
