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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Lunar Lighting
Any thoughts on the use of Lunar or nocturnal lighting in a freshwater tank. My daughter is getting a tank in her room and wants to be able to see it at night. (substitute nightlight as well) Has anyone used them? Good or bad results? | 
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| I really havent used them, but they should be good for the fish because they simulate night time... I want to try one as well. | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| I also have not used them, but have seen photos of them here in fishlore and on other sites. They are really nice looking and a wonderful way to watch the fish at night. If I could afford them I would have them in my tank. I have heard nothing but good things about them.  | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| That would be a great nightlight for a kids room (or an adult's)
I use 'lunar' lighting on my aquariums,and it helps when turning on the 'day' lighting by the fish not going from total darkness to sudden bright light. Very seldom is bodies of water completely dark,except at depth.Lunar lighting is good for the fish and plants.
A flourescent blue light works well and there are specialized Moon Lights you can get also | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| The moon lights are great! And come in a variety of colors. The blue as SOF mentioned are really nice looking in a tank at night. I love them!  | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| I have LED luner lights in my cichlid tanks and my SW nano, they are really nice! As far as for looks, I think your daughter will love it you can see the fish swimming around in the tank w/ them on. | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Moon lights only...............
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Originally Posted by soldieroffortune1974  That would be a great nightlight for a kids room (or an adult's)
I use 'lunar' lighting on my aquariums,and it helps when turning on the 'day' lighting by the fish not going from total darkness to sudden bright light. Very seldom is bodies of water completely dark,except at depth.Lunar lighting is good for the fish and plants.
A fluorescent blue light works well and there are specialized Moon Lights you can get also | My tank is it a room where the florencent ceiling lights are on all the time. Could I use Moon lights at night and no tank lights during the day ? How would that affect the mosses and Amazon Sword in my tank ?
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Drew Leyda My tank is it a room where the florencent ceiling lights are on all the time. Could I use Moon lights at night and no tank lights during the day ? How would that affect the mosses and Amazon Sword in my tank ?
drew | If you used moon lights you will still have to use daytime lighting for your plants, they require so many watts of lighting to grow sufficently (different for different plants) My amazon sword does great w/ just a reg light from a 10g tank, however their are other plants that require a lot more wattage per gallon to survive/thrive. | |
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December 21st, 2008
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| | Fish Bum
| Thanks for all of the great input. I bought one of the lunar light kits for my daughters new tank (Eclipse System 12) for her room. Will be setting it up after Xmas and will let you know how it goes. I will try to post a pic (got a new camera and need to play with it . | |
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January 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Quote:
Originally Posted by soldieroffortune1974 That would be a great nightlight for a kids room (or an adult's)
I use 'lunar' lighting on my aquariums,and it helps when turning on the 'day' lighting by the fish not going from total darkness to sudden bright light. Very seldom is bodies of water completely dark,except at depth.Lunar lighting is good for the fish and plants.
A flourescent blue light works well and there are specialized Moon Lights you can get also | how much do they go for  ? | |
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January 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by TropicalGrimmish how much do they go for ? | You can get them from $15 and up. There are systems that have them built in and then the ones you have to mount yourself. Our light on our 55 has them built in that lighting system was $200) I could actually use it for SW though. The lunars on my 36g were $15 plus shipping and we mounted it ourselves. | |
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January 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| online i tried petsmart all they had was screw blubs moonlights i have a tube light.. | |
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January 10th, 2009
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January 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Been looking at the ones on ebay too.
Does anyone have one? Are they any good? | |
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January 10th, 2009
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January 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Ive actually got some of these from ikea http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50119407
Please remove of i am not allowed to link.
Think i will give them a try. Got them behind my TV at the mo as an ambilight thing but it could work. | |
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January 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| It is dark at night............
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Originally Posted by soldieroffortune1974 That would be a great nightlight for a kids room (or an adult's)
I use 'lunar' lighting on my aquariums,and it helps when turning on the 'day' lighting by the fish not going from total darkness to sudden bright light. Very seldom is bodies of water completely dark,except at depth.Lunar lighting is good for the fish and plants. | I think the Amazon river would be very dark on a moonless
night. | |
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January 11th, 2009
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January 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| We got one of the ones on Dr. Fosters site. We got the white. it looks great at night. It is mounted above the filter flow and makes dappled light. I would imagine it accurately simulates a shallow stream on a moonlit night. I will post a pic soon. The unit only cost about $15. Had to rig it up with velcro since I had a plastic hood. It only came with screws. | |
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