When Do You Turn Your Lights On

[chrisjj]

just wounded what time of day/ night you all turn your lights on and off. when i set my tank up i was thinking of turning my lights on at 16.00 and off at 12.00am but will sun light during the day and tank lights at night course algae problems ?

 

[Tizer]

on at 2pm off at 10pm, but slowly built up to a longer period of time over 6 months. (Started with only a 5 hour period.) Depends if you got plants and stuff really.

 

[swanseastilo]

thats 18 hours. bit to much init

 

[the_lock_man]

On at 2pm, off at 9:30pm.

 

[chrisjj]

thats 18 hours. bit to much init

no its 8 hours 16.00 pm till 12.00 am

 

[swanseastilo]

so it should be 16:00 to 00:00

 

[lilfishie]

most mine are on from 9am until 10pm, never had any problems, there full of live plants though

 

[Blubble37]

in the summer mine go on at 8:00AM Turn off at 11:00AM Go back on at 4:00PM and then go off again at 9:00PM

IN the winter they go on at 8:00AM and turn off at 9:00PM

 

[swanseastilo]

Yeah mine are on for quit a while to need to cut back as getting a little alge on the glass

 

[StandbySetting]

Mine are on for 8 hours on all tanks, on at 2PM off at 10PM

 

[Blubble37]

Mine are on for 8 hours on all tanks, on at 2PM off at 10PM

I can see a flaw in that... if it is a very dark day then all the light will be in the afternoon pretty much... i get around this in the summer by having it off during the lightest part of the day... but in winter it is of course darker so i use a slightly lower power bulb and run it the whole time

 

[soybean]

2-10pm on the main tank, 3pm- 10pm on the smaller tank. Not sure why they're set differently but cbb to alter the timer!

 

[StandbySetting]

Mine are on for 8 hours on all tanks, on at 2PM off at 10PM

I can see a flaw in that... if it is a very dark day then all the light will be in the afternoon pretty much... i get around this in the summer by having it off during the lightest part of the day... but in winter it is of course darker so i use a slightly lower power bulb and run it the whole time

I don't really get you? My fish don't have watches so they don't need to know what time it is.

 

[soybean]

But the tanks are inside, Blubble, so what does it matter what the light is like outside? Tanks shouldn't be too near a window anyway. You could have the lights on 2am - 10am, I don't think the fish would notice. The lights are for the plants and for us to view the fish, really.

 

[steve1]

mines on from 8am-8pm doesnt do any harm