I ll leave the light on for ya

[Miles]

That's interesting. Does he do that by shortening the cycle? Like instead of 24 hour cycle he only does 12 hour cycle. 6 hours of light time and then 6 hours of dark time. Or is it something else?

He didn't really go into specifics.. I gave him my card, I am hoping he will e-mail me before too long.. I am interested if any of these techniques can be applied to breeding or enhancing fertility in Stingrays, particularly the tiger and black rays.

 

[Fry]

Hope that helps!

it does a lot, thank you very much, i will cut back on lighting, i don't mind having them on all the time because my electricity bill is a set rate, if you find out more details about how to grow our fish as fast as possible please let us know, i want monsters

 

[rumblesushi]

Fry, in my experience, quite simply fish prefer dim lighting. I found fish to be nervous and jumpy with very bright lights and no plants, so since then I masked all my bulbs in tinfoil, so they were only emitting a small amount of light compared to before.

The fish were immediately more comfortable, and less jumpy, so since then I try to make the lighting as dim as possible.

My main tank has a few plants, but even with this dim lighting the plants are doing fine. I keep it on for around 12 hours. The tank gets a fair amount of sunlight, so that probably helps with the plants.

I dunno I guess my attitude is, I have a lot of love and respect for the fish, I would rather they were comfortable and the "viewability" was slightly comprimised, rather than the fish being uncomfortable and agitated.

Also personally, I like a dim look to a tank, looks more natural. When you go underwater in the sea or a river, things don't look so brightly illuminated as with a flourescent light.

Like steve 89's tanks for example, I like lighting like that.

 

[rayman45]

im from 7am-10 pm monday -friday

and weekend 10-12noon on and 12am-5am off depends when i get home

 

[wannaarro]

Ok, Fry, think about this--where do fish live in the wild? If you were a fish, what would be your environment? I'm talking saltwater, freshwater, bodies of water huge and tiny and all in between. Key is, they're all outside. And outside, in nature, all creatures have a biorhythm, or daily cycle, that is best for their species. Some are nocturnal, some are active by daylight. Those who live by daylight need a period of darkness along with the light. Sometimes the light isn't so bright due to varied conditions, but they still have their night cycle for rest. All living creatures, as far as I am familiar with, need to have rest--and it does vary by creature. Without a darking period, a day-oriented creature can become very stressed out as mentioned above, accumulating over a period of time, and will eventually decline. Once again, just imagine you are a fish, living in the water. Be a fish.

 

[Opiate]

my light goes on at 10:30am till 8:30pm tis on a timer

 

[MarlboroMan]

Fry, in my experience, quite simply fish prefer dim lighting. I found fish to be nervous and jumpy with very bright lights and no plants, so since then I masked all my bulbs in tinfoil, so they were only emitting a small amount of light compared to before.

The fish were immediately more comfortable, and less jumpy, so since then I try to make the lighting as dim as possible.

My main tank has a few plants, but even with this dim lighting the plants are doing fine. I keep it on for around 12 hours. The tank gets a fair amount of sunlight, so that probably helps with the plants.

I dunno I guess my attitude is, I have a lot of love and respect for the fish, I would rather they were comfortable and the "viewability" was slightly comprimised, rather than the fish being uncomfortable and agitated.

Also personally, I like a dim look to a tank, looks more natural. When you go underwater in the sea or a river, things don't look so brightly illuminated as with a flourescent light.

Like steve 89's tanks for example, I like lighting like that.

Good point, but maybe there are fish that live in 1-2 foot deep pools of water and water is very bright.

 

[rottbo]

my fish act wierd if i forget to turn the light off so i say no thats wrong i cant sleep with the lights on so neither should they

 

[gomezladdams]

My fishroom is on a timer on at 10a off at 10p.the big tanks upstairs are on about the same schedule

 

[Daniel Machado]

In my tanks, lights go on and off... 12/12 h. The diurnal ones need to sleep, and the nocturnal ones need to awake. So, no lights in the nighttime.

Best regards.

Daniel.