Lighting For Nighttime Viewing?

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Well I am looking at setting up a video camera setup on my rays tanks and dvr so I can use it to review for when breeding takes place between the male and females. I have not yet seen the act occur so never know for sure how long the gestation periods have been.

This then raises two questions.

First, I assume the act of breeding can occur after the lights go out for the night right? Based on their activity I can imagine this does occur as well.

Second, is there a color of light I can put on the tank to come on when the other lights go out for the evening that will not affect the rays or other fish at all? I am thinking back to my reptile days red light did not change their behavior at all for nighttime viewing.

What are people's thoughts?
 
crazy you have time to look aback at hours of video but no time to watch the rays lol
 
I have time to watch my rays but not there non stop. Figured if I had it on a DVR I would fast forward through it real fast and see if I missed anything. Would really only be for times after a female gave birth etc. I work 3rd shift currently so not home when I suspect the breeding is actually taking place.
 
I run this little harbor freight spotlight looking LED at night, its small enough to not be too bright but its plenty of light to spot some movement.

I leave it on 24/7 with no problems so when the main lights go out there's still some light
 
Check some led setups. My grandpa is an electrician and made me up some red and blue leds, just enough light so i can see in the tanks at night with my web cams. Lmk if u need any help with the cameras, i have them hooked to my iphone and everything so i can view them when im on vacation. I never did the DVR thing though... I figured i would never have time to go back and look through footage


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its not that long if i think about it

as long as your wife girlfriend doesnt mind missing you for another 1-2 hours per day
 
Thanks for the info guys, in the planning stages at this point and time to start tinkering :)
 
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