Best Lighting For RBP's

[ZachH455]

I have 2 juvenile RBP's in a 55 gal with bright fluorescent lights that just don't work for piranhas. Are there lights you can buy that are piranha safe? Any tricks that could fix the problem?

 

[jp80911]

if the lights are too bright then you can tint the glass hood to reduce the lighting amount or use a lot of floating plants to help cut down the light.
how many watts are your light anyway? usually the fish will get use to the light over time.

 

[alphar]

I have a 36 inch Marineland Double bright led over a 75 Gallon tank. They are not extremely bright. I turn it on about once or twice a week during night. The freak out for the first 5 mins but then they calm down. Although they never get as active as when they are with low light (afternoon with window open)

 

[ZachH455]

Usually when I turn on the light it's because I want to see if they left any scraps of food when I'm cleaning up after them. But what I'm looking for is a Constant light on the tank to be able to watch them without freaking them out. I'll try the floating plants and tinted hood that's a good idea. What kind of tint works best?

 

[ZachH455]

I'm not sure of the wattage because I was given the lights out of the box. But they are Marineland Natural Daylight. They are definitely too bright.

 

[jp80911]

the spec of the bulb should be printed on the bulb itself, take a look see if you see anything there.
as for tint, regular window tint should work, depends on what kind of shade you want. or try aluminum foil and poke holes on it to cut back on the amount of light enter the tank.

 

[Industrial]

If you use CFL shoplights from home depot with regular daylight CFL bulbs for your house you get a really nice spotlight effect as well as a shimmering effect without lighting up the entire aquarium that much. They cost like 7 bucks each from HD and two with 13W or less daylight bulbs should do the trick for you.

 

[ZachH455]

I went out to walmart and got some car tint that you just press on to it and it worked great! the light is turned on and my RBPs are swimming around like they're still in the dark. I appreciate the help