[Megatron]

Does anyone shut their light completely off at night? Or is it always moon light? What, if any, advantages are there to either way?

 

[MatroxD]

I shut mine completely off. A whole different world comes alive at night.

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[tewkes]

I think up until the last 5 years there was no such thing as "moonlights" I think the only advantage is for our viewing pleasures. I never ran moonlights on either of my big tanks.

 

[Pitter98]

My tank goes completely dark at night except for the faint blue glow of my internet router lights about 6 feet away from my tank. I ran moonlights for a little while on my old tank, but never really noticed any difference. If you have a highly programmable setup and are into the whole match the moon phases and that sort of thing it might be neat, but you don't see it very often.

 

[bigswaug80]

I've always been a fan of moonlighting. Not for any lunar cycle but because it looks so good.. I also think the fish are less stressed if they can see their surroundings better.

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[Chris!]

I run 3 very low powered LEDs over the middle of my tank during the "night" period of my light system. I don't know nor have I ever really looked into the potential benefits, but I must say it certainly looks better then a completely dark box of water. At the same time, with a very low amount of light I really can't think of any potential negatives.

 

[rogerwilco357]

nice

This is why I love the RKE it controls the moonlights and I think it mimics the moon cycles correct me if i am wrong but think that is why i opted for them and its nice to see the critters at night that do come out just a totally different tank co-pods running around and corals polyps stretching the streamers or feelers that they extend is crazy
love the moon lights..