Frontosa Lighting

[toehead11183]

I have a 150 front tank with 2 36" 50/50 and it seems too much light for the fronts. i tried the 50/50 off my 29 for a few days and they seems to like it better. all the tang, loaches and catfish come out. how do you light your 6 foot frontosa tank?

 

[mike dunagan]

well, a funny way to do it is buy cheaper bulbs that put off less light. lol

 

[rallysman]

My 6 foot front tank has a 6 ft t8 lamp. I started leaving it off and using ambient light from the window behind it. They do seem to enjoy tanks with less light.

 

[richie 1]

ive got 2 lights in my 7ft tank ive got a 48'' powerglo 40w bulb and a 24'' normal white bulb i usuall just leave the small bulb on so that a small beam of light just lights up the middle of the tank the fish seem a lot more chilled out like that

when i need to take pics then i put the big light on it stresses the fish out but its the only decent way to get some tidy pics!!!!!!

richie

 

[fsc46]

I agree, less is better.

 

[toehead11183]

i slapped a 48 " powerglo on the 150 and they like it much more than the 72"

 

[dyajz]

I hardly use my tank light for my Frontosa tank unless i'm planning on taking pictures of them or showing them off to visitors..room light is enough..remember in the wild they live deep within the lake..so they hardly do get any light that deep within the lake..