stefjane

My moonlight is on from 8pm - 9pm
I simply LOVE to fall asleep watching my fish swim around under a blue light...I find it's even more relaxing then watching the tank with the 10000K tubes on during the day.
Who else has a moonlight and simply loves it to pieces?
I know I do!

VenomGrass

No I don't have one - but they sure do look lovely! I might get one.. Is it just the blue/plastic/film that you have to purchase? And cover the tube light with it? Also do you have pics? Thanks

stefjane

mine is a long thin blue tube that was already in the light, but you can always try the blue plastic idea, though if the tube gets hot the plastic would melt?
and i do have pictures...but they're not very good, might need to try another camera tonight and see how that goes
Anyway, the first picture is with the torch on my camera phone, the second one is without the torch. You can actually see the green of all of the plants and the fish are a lot easier to see in real life than what those photos show

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Nutter

I use moonlights on all 6 of the tanks inside my hose. I cheat though & just use actinic tubes. Great for watching my cichlids at night.

stefjane

I LOVE your signature Nutter!

EDIT: I just reread this thread and I believe that Nutter's signature changed...
LOL It looks like I'm being just plain cruel

guppy man

I don't have one but I bet it looks great.

stefjane

YAY i got a MUCH better photo from my mum's camera:

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Nutter

Looks good.

VenomGrass

looks amazing!

potatos

how much are these, are they availabe at petco/petsmart, and are they the type of blue light that will emphasize glofish? there sight says black or blue light works, but i dont know what counts as blue light

stefjane

I'm sorry I can't answer your questions. I don't think that petco or petsmart is here in australia so I don't know what they have :S
And I'm not familiar with glofish so I can't help you there.
I got my light used on ebay. It's an Aqualina light and I got two of them for $300, with extra tubes and the other light doesn't have the moonlight.
You can always try nutters idea and use actinic tubes..they are blue, or you can probably get LED lights or something for reasonably cheap.
You can always get proper moonlights by themselves or buy a light with a moonlight built in though that's starting to get a little pricey...

potatos

oh, wow, that dose sound expensive! i think i will just add another light strip then. thanks

Nutter

I've just done a bit of experimenting with the moonlights & think I have come up with a cheap & easy solution. Seeing as the spectrum of the light doesn't really matter & the only prerequisite is that the light be blue, I tried simply painting a normal cool white tube. The effect has been quite remarkable. I'll post a pic of the light later when it's gotten dark for you to see the result. All I did was to use some non toxic kids hobby paint & brush three coats of it on the light tube. I put the tube in a fixture that wasn't over a tank & left it on for 4 days to make sure I didn't get any peeling or flaking. Works great. The only thing is it's a little too dark so next time I will only do two coats of paint.

ruthven78

is there any benefit other than aesthetics? like any benefit to the fish? The 55gal Im considering buying comes with the hood and has two seperate hoods so i would consider doing one side with a regular bulb and other with a moonlight....

AwNuts

im curious to see the pic of the painted tubes. Any update.
Im currently looking for a moon light set up as they look awesome. I came across a good bar set up, now i need to see if i could sit them inside the cool white tube casing. Its a two bar setup that has 24 L.E.D's and its 48 inches long. Pretty sweet. The company also has a video demonstrating their product so i am impress. The cost will be $50, so lets see if i buy myself a setup with taxes :-)

Nutter

Not really any benefits other than aestetics. It does lessen the shock to the fish of the lights suddenly going from on to off as they provide a bit of a low light stage before & after the main lighting goes on & off but that's about it.

I don't know that having half & half lighting would be that good. During the day you would have one half of the tank staying much darker than the other side & all the fish will probably hang out in the darker sections. Then at night you would only have half the tank lit & not be able to see a great deal with the moonlights. Much better just to install a second tube/s & run a moonlight across the whole tank as well as having the standard lighting across the whole tank as well. Especially over a long tank.

Aw Nuts - I'll take a pic of the painted light over the tank later during the daytime light break or tonight & post it later for you to check out.

AwNuts

awesome, sounds like a plan.

stefjane

I think that in a reef tank, certain corals benefit from a moonlight?