All my fish are hiding

[jrkonzelman]

I switched from 4-bulb T5HO I have used the last 18 months to LED yesterday. For the last 24 hours my fish are all hiding and not coming out, only a coupe have come out to eat. I feed from a turkey baster and normally they are eating right out of baster.

New lights are set RapidLed Onyx's set at 25% so the corals don't bleach. Even at 25% the tank is brighter than the T5HO, could the new light shock them and cause the fish to hide?

 

[Jeff210]

You have your nose planted on the glass...

Quit scaring them...

They'll be fine...give them a couple days to adjust...

 

[79chopperdr]

Check for stray voltage, it can spook fish also. Make sure the lights are grounded properly.

 

[Waters40]

Check for stray voltage, it can spook fish also. Make sure the lights are grounded properly.

This may be a stupid question, but how can stray voltage from a light (which has no contact with water) provide any stray voltage into the tank?

 

[saltyair]

You have your nose planted on the glass...

Quit scaring them...

They'll be fine...give them a couple days to adjust...

:bounce3: this!

 

[79chopperdr]

This may be a stupid question, but how can stray voltage from a light (which has no contact with water) provide any stray voltage into the tank?

I don't have the full technical answer. I had the personal experience though, electricity can find a way

Once I shocked myself when I put my hand in the tank to feed the fish. I started turning things off one by one and the voltage dropped after I shut off the light which happened to be a AI Sol.The light didn't turn out to be the issue, I replaced the power strip it was plugged into and that fixed the problem.