do you use a timer for your lights
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I'm a big fan of timers for aquarium lights... Without timers it was simply to common for me to slip off to bed and forget to turn off the lights...
If breeding fish, having a regulated schedule helps them quite a bit...
I do keep my timers easily accessible for those late nights when I have company and friends want to see the fish.
If breeding fish, having a regulated schedule helps them quite a bit...
I do keep my timers easily accessible for those late nights when I have company and friends want to see the fish.
I don't. I turn them on when I come home from work and shut them off before I got to bed. during the day while I am at work they are not on.
that will change once I setup a planted tank again, but for now, they are off when I am not around..
cuts down on hydro and excessive algae growth.
that will change once I setup a planted tank again, but for now, they are off when I am not around..
cuts down on hydro and excessive algae growth.
joedodge;3619465; said:
You have two options, one is an adapter from 3 prongs to two. Not a real good option, but it does work.
The other option is an "out door" timer. I have 3 or 4 of them from Home Depot. They are about $10 and have 3 prongs. The indoor ones are only $7, but only have 2 prongs.
My wife uses timers on most all of her tanks, for her fishes well being and my favorite reason - energy savings. We are gearing up to rack out her room and I plan on giving her separate circuits for filters, pumps and lights. The lights will be run off of one timer on the entire circuit so it is only one thing to program and worry about. World of difference on the energy bill! Can you tell I'm cheap?
i have timers on both my tanks. it gives the fish a routine since none of my tanks are in darker rooms in the house.
no timers for the lights on any of the tanks.. however i do use them on the ponds for powerheads and air pumps..
