blue moon LED all night?

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I keep mine on every night but directed it away from the tank so only a weak glow hits the tank. you can only see it operating when the room is in complete darkness. i did this cause i found it disturbed the fish if it was brighter.

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I have been running them for years 24/7. The fish don't care. Two fish have died in the last two years, no other ill effects. The only time I see some of my fish is when the moonlights are on.
 
I have a couple of Blue LED (comes out more purple) on my 110g that run 24/7. It's still pretty dark, but it just helps me just enough to see what nocturnal shenanigans my fish get into;)
 
For those with fixtures that have Leds... it maybe too bright or not, but it was in my case and my tig did not like it. so i put some blue painter tape over it and end up with 3 layers of the tape over the leds which give me the right amount for the tig to came out at night like he suppose to.
 
I have the marineland 36-48" double bright on a 46 gallon and i leave the blue LED's on for a couple hours at night. The last time i feed my fish at night is usually at around 10-11 and i put moonlights on after. I turn them off if im going to watch a movie since the tank is in my room or just turn them off when i go to sleep.

My loaches love it and my big Satanoperca Leucosticta comes out alot mroe.
 
angelojg22;5120899; said:
Your s.leucosticta hides during the day?
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He doesnt really hide but he likes to stay in places where the light doesnt hit him directly. In my tank atm, that means in a big PVC pipe. He will go around the tank as well and comes up to eat just fine. But once i turn the moonlights on he pretty much stays swimming the whole time. I thought this was a normal thing for eartheaters, dont they like low-light?
 
I'm not sure I have 5 and they usually stay out most of the time but they do seem to be more active when the leds are on.

my 2 s. Leucusticta I think are about to breed do you know anything about that? I put a slab of slate in the tank but not sure how to go about it should I take them out or the fry as soon as they are free swimming??
 
I have absolutely no experience with that man, sorry.

You have more geos than i do so they probably school up better and are more active. I have this guy... Satanoperca LEucosticta
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And 2 Geophagus Surinamensis
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But the Surinamensis are like 2 1/2" and hes like 6"
 
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