Left my moonlight on for vacation

[Baseball#27]

Whats up guys, so I left my moonlight on for my 5 day vacation recently (cause I have a fluval with no timer, so it was either moonlight or regular light and opted for the moonlight due to the possibility of a ton of algae when I came back if I used the regular light) and everything is living but my corals (specifically my torch coral) seems stressed. My frogspawn seems to be doing fine but my torch coral doesn't come out all the way now and looks a little deflated. It doesn't nearly look as big as before. I know this is probably normal to happen and time will eventually make it come out and full again but I just want to make sure that by letting it be will be my best option. Thanks!

 

[ihavecrabs]

Yeah, get them back on a normal cycle. You may want to ease back into it rather than going a full 10 hours with lights vs 24 hours of almost no lights.

Next time, a $10 timer will do the trick and will minimize the risk to your tank inhabitants while you are away.

 

[Baseball#27]

Should I do like 8 hours of lights on, would that work?

 

[Baseball#27]

Also, its not showing any signs of recession so I think it's still reasonably healthy, probably just needs to get re adjusted to the light.

 

[ihavecrabs]

How long were you gone for? If you were gone for a week, I'd start closer to 3-4 hours. If it was only for a few days, 5-6 should be fine.

 

[Baseball#27]

I was gone for 5 days