Moon Lighting

[mling]

No, not that type of Moon Lighting

 

I have seen ads for Moon lights and claims that they aid the health of corals.

Has anyone experienced noticeable changes with the use Moon lights ?

Any suggestions for type of Moon lights or are they all the same ?

[jason the filter freak]

No, not that type of Moon Lighting

 

 

Huh?

 

IMO they just look pretty at night

[txaggies07]

Huh?

 

IMO they just look pretty at night

 

I agree with Jason. I thought it was just for the prettiness.

[wreck]

Simulating the Lunar cycle with moonlights is supposed to help trigger breeding in fish and spawning of corals. My clownfish did start laying eggs a few months after I added moonlights to my tank, but I can't specifically attribute it to the moonlights. I bought a string of 20 blue LED moonlights off Ebay for $20, probably not the best moonlights but looks pretty at night.

Wreck

 

No, not that type of Moon Lighting

 

I have seen ads for Moon lights and claims that they aid the health of corals.

Has anyone experienced noticeable changes with the use Moon lights ?

Any suggestions for type of Moon lights or are they all the same ?

[lanman]

It's probably just reefer madness... I notice a couple of places selling moonlights that sync up with the true phases of the moon, etc... Sounds like bottled tap water to me.

 

bob

[treesprite]

I don't see how they could affect anything in a room that isn't pitch black at night. There are moonlight leds on my light fixture, but I don't plug in the pllug for them because all it does is take up a socket that is needed by something else.

[Rascal]

I have always used moonlights, and at some point I would like to try something like the lunar simulation. In theory, it seems to me that anything we can do to simulate nature can't but help our tanks, and a full moon on a clear night in the tropics does throw off a lot of light. Old fishing lore says that you'll catch more fish on a day after a moonless night, for whatever that's worth.

 

Having said all that, the main reason I like them is it gives me an opportunity to see what's going on after the lights go out, or before they come in the morning. In other words, like Jason said they just look pretty at night. I have 2 blue LEDs on the side and 1 red LED in the middle. The theory behind the red is that sea critters can't see it (b/c red light is filtered out in the ocean?) so they will move around undisturbed. All of that completely undercuts my comment above about wanting to simulate nature, but it does create a pretty cool looking effect.