Can they live with a light off

[ClownFishGuy6]

I just bought some zoanthids for my 3 gallon nano tank and I was wondering if u can shut off the LED light over night (about 10 hours) so that there's not a lot of algae growth.
Can zoanthids go without lights for about 10-11 hours?

 

[SoloGarth]

Yes they will be fine. But do you mean shutting off the light at night (normal) or during the day (to combat algae)? They will be fine either way.

 

[sde1500]

Yea, are you running the lights 24/7 right now? Because there should be time with lights off, overnight typically.

 

[ClownFishGuy6]

I mean like completely turn the light off not just put it to night time lighting complete darkness

 

[ClownFishGuy6]

And light off at night

 

[A1t2o]

My tank has about 14 hours of complete darkness every day. You should at least have a period every day with complete darkness just for the light cycle, say 4 hours or so. Then some people do total dark outs for 3 days or so where they let no light at all get in the tank by covering it. This will kill algae but corals can tolerate it.