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Posted	Tropical lights
26-04-2006 21:29 by TARTINJOCK	How long should lights be on in a fish tank for throughout the day? My LFS has told me no more than 8 hours.....Is that about right? Just now it's from 7am 'till 10pm.
26-04-2006 21:35 by telboy	depends onseason mate[if ya wanna breed that is ]i switch my lights on bout 12.00 midday turn em off bout 11.00pm not too bothered meself as long as ive got some algae mmmmmunchers to clean off the algae i dont get probs as a rule maybe im lucky!
26-04-2006 21:40 by gdouble	ye mine are normally on fron 9am to 8pm but i have recently changed it 2 8am
26-04-2006 21:40 by Lexter	telboy, what you mean season, breeding etc? Is that for hard to breed fish? All my fish breed, i turn my lots on and off at all kinds of time, and you seen my Rio 180 on here, plants are unblievably healthy etc, sometimes i have my lights on for about 16 hours and sometimes i dont even turn them on all day, that goes for all my tanks, its not my plan it depends on what i am doing etc
26-04-2006 22:10 by telboy	yeah some fish need the extended light [ie spring/summer]to get em going othres dont depends on fish
26-04-2006 22:15 by Lexter	didnt know that at all!!! you learn something everyday telboy! i probably driving my fish nuts, they never know what time they getting up in the morning
27-04-2006 09:14 by Alan	Depends on the lunar cycle where the fish come from and whether or not you keep plants. Not really that bigger problem I just turn the lights on when I get up around 6 and then turn em off when I go to bed around 10 or 11. Marine is on a timer though although I have a tendency to over ride it in the mornings so it gets about a 14 hour photoperiod.

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