We had a power outage tonight for about 6 hours and something cool happened. I kept a koralia and bubbler going so no problems there, but the room the tank is in was pitch black due to no lights at all.
A few hours later I came back to check on the tank with a flashlight and I saw coral polyp extension like I've never seen before!
Now normally I am running the 9W of LED moonlights that are built into my Finnex canopy. I always thought it was a little bright for moonlights and have meaning to disconnect a few of the LEDs, but now I'm thinking of just turning off the moonlights altogether.
Do most corals prefer pitch black at night? I swear the polyp extension was insane, unlike anything I've ever seen in my tank before. Does this mean my moonlights are too bright, or something else??
The only other different was less flow in the tank since I only had a Koralia moving water around ....
The coolest thing of all though is that when the power finally came back on at about midnight, and the lights came blasting on, all the fish were stunned and I was able to net the pesky damsel I've been trying to get out for weeks. I've tried the "light shock" method before but it never seemed to work. Maybe with the bright moonlights it just wasn't enough of a shock to make him oblivious to my net like it did tonight. Woohoo!
A few hours later I came back to check on the tank with a flashlight and I saw coral polyp extension like I've never seen before!
Now normally I am running the 9W of LED moonlights that are built into my Finnex canopy. I always thought it was a little bright for moonlights and have meaning to disconnect a few of the LEDs, but now I'm thinking of just turning off the moonlights altogether.
Do most corals prefer pitch black at night? I swear the polyp extension was insane, unlike anything I've ever seen in my tank before. Does this mean my moonlights are too bright, or something else??
The only other different was less flow in the tank since I only had a Koralia moving water around ....
The coolest thing of all though is that when the power finally came back on at about midnight, and the lights came blasting on, all the fish were stunned and I was able to net the pesky damsel I've been trying to get out for weeks. I've tried the "light shock" method before but it never seemed to work. Maybe with the bright moonlights it just wasn't enough of a shock to make him oblivious to my net like it did tonight. Woohoo!
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