Lights on 24/7

[sam_everist]

I leave my lights on constantly, day and night.. 2 x 10w LED floodlights... 10,000k

Is this a problem? Do the fish new dark time?


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[strollo22]

Yes the fish need to sleep just like we do. You need either moonlights or no nights overnight.

 

[saganeer]

Fish need to sleep, put a timer and that´s it.

 

[soupa2]

Too much light will cause ur tank water to turn green and it will create more algea on glass. Its not healthy for fish either.

 

[Anderman]

Try leaving your lights on in your bedroom 24/7 and see how that turns out for you.

 

[DavidW]

I don't think there's a real problem with it except for your power bills and bulb life.
Some rays may get lighter in color

 

[DavidW]

Too much light will cause ur tank water to turn green and it will create more algea on glass. Its not healthy for fish either.

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Algae grows where it has food,( usually phosphates).
a long photo-period , 12 hours plus will result in green algae, short will result in brown algae, either way you have algae. If you have good UV properly installed and limited phosphates ( don;t use buffers) and you will rarely have any algae at all.

Why should this have to explained in what is an advanced fishkeepers part of the hobby (rays)
Seriously, if you don;t know this basic stuff should you be keeping rays?

 

[scott s]

I have the night lights with a photo eye that comes on when the lights go out in my fish room.

 

[stingray keeper]

Rays don't like light to begin with. keep it to a min

 

[MonsterMinis]

I found keeping all my tanks on timers... no matter whats in the tank ='ed healthier over-all fish imo happier fish as well. I also found useing a timer instead of just turning it on 'n off also made my fish more mellow ( nobody crashes into the tank ect) they "know" when sun-up and sun-down is... I also set my lights to come on after dawn, and go off before dusk... so they get the natural increase and fadeing indirectly..I'm to cheap to get moon-lights and not into all the fancy lighting. and I don't own anything thats made me want to go there. But if i had unlimited resources I would just to try and replicate nature better.

as for algae ect... thats got many factors but light does play it's part... personally i like algae in my tanks.. means those extra nutrients are being used instead of passing over my fishes gills. It's also pretty fun to watch my rays root in some of the thicker stuff i'm sure eating microcritters ect or even the algae itself. excessive algae is a sign of improper husbandry(not enough water changes/quality control of water) not excessive light like alot of people think. But a little is normal particularly if you have a plant free system.