Light cycle

[jakesgvr4]

I was reading last night in another thread about this idea to black out your tank for a three day cycle, every few months. Anyone local have any experience doing this? I didnt read all 12 pages of posts or however many there was. Thought about trying it to see what happens, not sure if I like the idea much, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

Yea I did it and it worked great for getting rid of my cyano. I did it for the full three days and one day of actinics.

I'll post my concerns about it later tonight.

 

[lfduty]

I do it once a month it will help with your algae if you have a prob with it like i do and it will give your foxface time to get on top of eney hair algae to and over time it will put a stop to eney Bryopsis in your tank to. Your coral's will be ok with it

 

[GreenPuffers]

i do it to my tank, looks better when i turn the lites back on. and if we have an overcast day i do just actinics.

 

[lfduty]

my light's are off to day (day1) of 3

 

[murfman]

Jake, I occasionally do a "hurricane day" and leve my MH off for a day or so.

 

[jakesgvr4]

A lot more people use this method than I thought. Maybe I'll start one of these cycles tomorrow. I hear no lights for two days then just actinic, then normal. Has anyone tried day one just actinic, day two no lights, day three actinic, then back to normal cycle? I havent read of anyone doing it that way, don't know if it would be as benificial, I wouldnt think so, but just throwing it out there.

 

[murfman]

Look at the tropics, weather pretty much like we have been having the last week, nice and clear in the mornings then scattered T-storms in the pms. Rarely do you have total days of nothing but sunshine, there is usually some kind of shade in some place or another.

I notice with my corals when my PCs come on, the softies usually don't open all the way till the MH come on.

 

[Deuce67]

Yup, my halides dont come on on Thursdays. Unless someone is coming over. Simulates overcast. My actinics come on though.

 

[Caleb Kruse]

The only problem I see with this is that people say your LPS will open more. Most see this as a sign of health but Anthony Calfo said in C the Jounal that isn't always a sign of health, and sometimes it is because of stress.