It’s not great if it’s a mature tank, but it’s very normal in new setups. I wouldn’t worry.
I get paid on thursday so will be getting snails to no hermit crabs right with my Haitian nem.
I will be getting more live rock also I was told I need 14lbs of live rock so small and medium would be good right since that's large one I paid 30 for that rock.
I don't think I'm doing to bad for my first time lolSounds like a plan
So I turned 10,000 on at 10 in the morning with acnitic lights on should I turn them off now and just leave acnitic lights on I leave at 6:40 tonight for work
Okay will turn off 10,000 right now and just leave acnitic ones on till I go to work then turn on my moonlights before I leave sound good
I have one peppermint shrimp exactly what do they do?.
Eat aiptasia.
I don't know what that is lol
He comes out When acnitic lights are on and runs around the whole tank up the side all over the rock swims on his back with his legs In the air lol he also comes out from under the rock when my moonlights are on he is crazy
Unless you’re trying to induce spawning behavior I wouldn’t run moonlights. They need complete darkness to sleep.
What's spawning behavior and I have read and was told moonlights stay on at night and in the morning turn My acnitic lights on? What are the moonlight lights for then
Spawning behavior is mimicking the natural phases of the moon so fish and coral know when to breed. Having it on every night at full power does not do this it needs to change intensities and have new moons(no light) that coordinate with the actual phase of the moon. It’s fairly advanced. I would just have lights off at night especially when establishing a new tank. You don’t need extra light sources giving energy for algae to take hold. Have your lights on to 8-10 hours a day total. Ramp up (2hours)with actinic & moonlights, have whites and everything else on at peak for 6 hours. Turn whites off with just actinic and moonlights for ramp down(2hours), then all lights off.
I need to get a timer for all of that right now I just have My acnitic lights on no moonlights cause I leave at 6:40 and don't get off work till 8 in the morning I do 12hr shifts so what should I have on tonight when I leave 12hrs is a long time no lights for them.
That’s a very standard time for them to be off. My tank is pitch black from 9pm to 11am. The room the tank is in included.
So should I turn my moonlights on right now with The acnitic lights and at 6:40 when I leave for work turn them all off?.
Yea. Then you can turn them on at 8. That’s perfect actually.
