Moonlight timing need answer tonight!

kingkipper · 03/06/2011, 06:53 PM

I just got moonlights for my aquarium, My Blue lights go on at 5: 30 AM and turn off at 3:00 PM, My white lights Turn on at 6:30 AM and turn off at 2:00 PM. Where should my moonlights go in this lighting schedule?

gcgrad · 03/06/2011, 07:42 PM

I'm not an expert but I always thought the moonlights were to simulate night time. So I would figure run them after your blues go out at 3 pm. I guess you can run them until 5:30 am when your blues kick back on. Or you could have them kick off at night sometime. Although the schedule you have your blues and white on is interesting. You must work night shift or something.

Lynnmw1208 · 03/06/2011, 07:55 PM

I have mine turn on an hour before my actinic lights are about to turn off. Then I run them until midnight and my tank is in darkness the rest of the night. I could probably run them longer if I wanted. I figure the critters need some real dark time too. Right now I'm only running a 5 hr light schedule because my tank is still cycling. I also have my white lights turn on at 12pm since I am usually home at 5 and want to see my tank

Bigdaddy_wood · 03/06/2011, 08:02 PM

I leave mine on 24/7

N8thanExpl0sion · 03/06/2011, 08:03 PM

+1 24/7

iamwrasseman · 03/06/2011, 09:11 PM

i would run them opposite of the actinic "blue" lights

almostazoo · 03/06/2011, 09:43 PM

mine are like 6w so I didnt even bother to get a timer, 24-7

wbdevers · 03/06/2011, 09:44 PM

My actinics come on at 6:30 in the morn, hour later the whites come on. They all stay on until about 10am and then all go in reverse order. Then the actinics come back on at 3pm and the whites at 5. The whites stay on till 8p then the actinics stay on till 9. After that my moons come on and stay on until 6:30 the next morn. All of my fish sleep when the moons are on. The fish also "wake" or call it a day when the actinics are on depending on the cycle. In other words if the lights go moon, blue, white the fish wake. If it goes white to blue the settle down for night time. Seems the sense a dusk and dawn.

03/06/2011, 06:53 PM	#1
kingkipper Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7	Moonlight timing need answer tonight! I just got moonlights for my aquarium, My Blue lights go on at 5: 30 AM and turn off at 3:00 PM, My white lights Turn on at 6:30 AM and turn off at 2:00 PM. Where should my moonlights go in this lighting schedule? Last edited by kingkipper; 03/06/2011 at 07:22 PM.

03/06/2011, 07:55 PM	#3
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	I have mine turn on an hour before my actinic lights are about to turn off. Then I run them until midnight and my tank is in darkness the rest of the night. I could probably run them longer if I wanted. I figure the critters need some real dark time too. Right now I'm only running a 5 hr light schedule because my tank is still cycling. I also have my white lights turn on at 12pm since I am usually home at 5 and want to see my tank __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

03/06/2011, 09:11 PM	#6
iamwrasseman Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: syracuse Posts: 7,003	i would run them opposite of the actinic "blue" lights __________________ This hobby certainly can put you in some weird positions ! Dave Current Tank Info: 40 freshwater,25saltwater 2000 gallons ,enough tanks for an army ?

03/06/2011, 09:44 PM	#8
wbdevers Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 754	My actinics come on at 6:30 in the morn, hour later the whites come on. They all stay on until about 10am and then all go in reverse order. Then the actinics come back on at 3pm and the whites at 5. The whites stay on till 8p then the actinics stay on till 9. After that my moons come on and stay on until 6:30 the next morn. All of my fish sleep when the moons are on. The fish also "wake" or call it a day when the actinics are on depending on the cycle. In other words if the lights go moon, blue, white the fish wake. If it goes white to blue the settle down for night time. Seems the sense a dusk and dawn. __________________ Wes Beatings will continue until morale improves!!! "I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it. I felt I owed it to them."--Judge Smails Current Tank Info: 125g ML dual corner OF mixed reef, Custom stand and canopy, 40g custom sump, lighting (in flux :( )

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03/06/2011, 07:42 PM	#2
gcgrad Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 192	I'm not an expert but I always thought the moonlights were to simulate night time. So I would figure run them after your blues go out at 3 pm. I guess you can run them until 5:30 am when your blues kick back on. Or you could have them kick off at night sometime. Although the schedule you have your blues and white on is interesting. You must work night shift or something.

03/06/2011, 08:02 PM	#4
Bigdaddy_wood Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 23	I leave mine on 24/7

03/06/2011, 08:03 PM	#5
N8thanExpl0sion Serenity is so expensive Join Date: May 2010 Location: Boynton Beach FL Posts: 161	+1 24/7

03/06/2011, 09:43 PM	#7
almostazoo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Avondale Posts: 241	mine are like 6w so I didnt even bother to get a timer, 24-7