Constant Moonlight

[DarkShadow435]

Question for all you know-it-alls. Is there any harm in leaving an LED moonlight on constantly? Even when the florescent bulb is on?

 

[SkiFletch]

I have 4 LED lights, they stay on 24/7

 

[iairj84]

Ditto for me. I'm looking into Automotive LED bars as well since they are 12 volt and are made to be underneath cars so the condensation will have no ill effects.

 

[DarkShadow435]

I have 10 LEDs on my bar.

 

[raptorrex]

Question for all you know-it-alls. Is there any harm in leaving an LED moonlight on constantly? Even when the florescent bulb is on?

only your electric bill will suffer. but with Argos doing 4x mech timers for a tenner, or 2 digi timers for the same, you may as well time your setup. lol i aint touched a switch on my tank for more than six months!

 

[SkiFletch]

Ditto for me. I'm looking into Automotive LED bars as well since they are 12 volt and are made to be underneath cars so the condensation will have no ill effects.

Great idea

Actually boboboy, the amount of power consumed by a couple LEDs might add up to a couple pence, cents, whatever your coin denomination. Most LEDs are like 1 watt power draws... Re-couping the cost of a timer would actually take longer than most timers last before they burn out

 

[raptorrex]

Ditto for me. I'm looking into Automotive LED bars as well since they are 12 volt and are made to be underneath cars so the condensation will have no ill effects.

Great idea

Actually boboboy, the amount of power consumed by a couple LEDs might add up to a couple pence, cents, whatever your coin denomination. Most LEDs are like 1 watt power draws... Re-couping the cost of a timer would actually take longer than most timers last before they burn out

lol yep i know, but timing your lights will give the fish a day and night cycle, that is consistant, it also allows you to add seasonal variations. my Cray needs 22 hours of light to really help with breading. so i can extend or shorten the day, without needing to be there.

amd my timere were bought from a car boot fo £1 each

 

[DarkShadow435]

My florescent bulb is on a timer. When the florescent bulb is on, i keep the LEDs on too. When the florescent bulb goes off, the LEDs stay on.

 

[SkiFletch]

amd my timere were bought from a car boot fo £1 each

Now thats a cheap timer

 

[raptorrex]

lol guys its only pennys, but if we all do it. the carbon dioxcide produced just to keep these leds running is vast! i can see the converstation with your grand kid. lol you got no plante coz we left our lights on!!!!!!!!!!

 

[smithrc]

lol guys its only pennys, but if we all do it. the carbon dioxcide produced just to keep these leds running is vast! i can see the converstation with your grand kid. lol you got no plante coz we left our lights on!!!!!!!!!!

And one private flight that the president of the US makes will make all this pail into insignificance...

 

[raptorrex]

lol guys its only pennys, but if we all do it. the carbon dioxcide produced just to keep these leds running is vast! i can see the converstation with your grand kid. lol you got no plante coz we left our lights on!!!!!!!!!!

And one private flight that the president of the US makes will make all this pail into insignificance...

very true, but as i have said in the past. "two wrongs do not a right make!
we all have a responsibility in this, though our part is small, there are many of us. this makes us THE most important people, we can and do drive the production of CO2. each bulb swithched off reduces, by however small an amount, the CO2 produced.
you can hide your head in the sand, and say i cant do anything. or you can stick your head up, and say I WILL DO SOMETHING!

I would imagine i am somewhat older than most of the participents in this thread, my genaration is on the wane, so your actions now will shape the world you live in. i dont know about you, but i couldnt look my grandkids in the face, if i had not tried to do my bit!

 

[andywg]

I leave my LED nightlights on 24/7 on my large tank, though I am a little iffy on whether to continue.

As most know, red light is absorbed somewhat rapidly by water, meaning most fish have evolved to see the blue end of the spectrum far better.

I wonder whether having red LEDs would be better for the fish (if a little pr0n like) as it would give light for me and not for the fish.

Most fish would surely prefer too dark rather than too bright at night?

 

[rhysiboy]

the anwer to all of the planets problems ... kill all humans lol

 

[raptorrex]

I leave my LED nightlights on 24/7 on my large tank, though I am a little iffy on whether to continue.

As most know, red light is absorbed somewhat rapidly by water, meaning most fish have evolved to see the blue end of the spectrum far better.

I wonder whether having red LEDs would be better for the fish (if a little pr0n like) as it would give light for me and not for the fish.

Most fish would surely prefer too dark rather than too bright at night?

i have been looking into this too. seems an interesting way to view the nocternal habits of your crew. and given a hight quality light is used, colour balance, could be restored, for photographs, using cs2 o3, with little problem!