Lighting question?

[Dunnman39]

Does the amount of time your lights stay on matter? Are the able to stay on 24-7? Right now I turn mine on in the morning and off at night. Should them just be dimmed at night? If so I don't have the option of just dimming them. The reason fot asking is because lately when lights go off my green mushrooms shrivel up..

 

[I am Maul]

My mushrooms do the same thing, but open up again in the morning as soon as the lights come on. I have mine set on timers, with a blue moon light on overnight. Leaving the lights on 24/7 isn't good for the fish (they need the night/day cycle) and will give you more issues with algae build up.

 

[Dunnman39]

My mushrooms do the same thing, but open up again in the morning as soon as the lights come on. I have mine set on timers, with a blue moon light on overnight. Leaving the lights on 24/7 isn't good for the fish (they need the night/day cycle) and will give you more issues with algae build up.

Do you need the blue moon light? My lighting only has the option of on or off?

 

[I am Maul]

I actually have 3 sets of lights on my tank. I have an LED strip that is the blue moon light, and then I have 2 T5 fixtures. One is running 2 actinic bulbs, and the other is running 10,000K. This was supposed to be a temporary set up, but it has been running like this for over a year now.