Try this on your zoa tank

[ficklefins]

Pick a day of the week and keep your lights off. Don't just keep your lights off but try and keep the tank as dark as possible. Next day run your tank lights in their normal manner.

Let me know how your tank responds the next day.

Thanks

 

[surfn]

lol why? what will happen to our precious zoas? are you trying to get us to light shock all our zoas so then you'll control the market? lol

 

[ficklefins]

Surfn,

You are crazy!! Lol

One day without light will not hurt anything in your tank, just imagine what they go through during shipment.

Ok, I'll spill my beans. I've noticed that my corals are really full and plump the next few days after leaving the lights off. If anybody is looking to take pictures of their zoas this may help.

Just try it and let me know what happens.

 

[surfn]

yeah, i know they can go a while without light. when i moved i think all my zoas/sps went without light for 3 straight days.

was just wondering what kind of experiment you were up to

 

[Stixbaraca]

I heard somewhere it' s not a bad idea to do that occasionally...it simulates a cloudy day!!

 

[ficklefins]

I heard somewhere it' s not a bad idea to do that occasionally...it simulates a cloudy day!!

Someone hit the nail on the head!!! I know where you heard it from but I would like to hear your feed back on it.

 

[Pazazz]

Mucho.... Leaves his lights off on wednesdays...

 

[ficklefins]

Mucho.... Leaves his lights off on wednesdays...

Every other Wedenesday.

 

[mbunaman]

Sounds like a good Idea but dont do it if you have a BTA in your tank in the position you like it. Otherwise he will move. It happened to me one time when I decided to refinish my canopy and all it took was one day of no lights and he moved . Thanks for posting that is a good point of cloudy days never taught of that.

 

[Stixbaraca]

That's where I read it. I never tried it though!