New to saltwater

[bascerballer4]

I just bought my first salt water invertebrates yesterday. I aimed for an anemone and a percula (true or false). My anemone is doing fine just now but I was wondering if my anemone will be stressed or endangered from turning off my switch light at night. I know this question may sound quite obvious, but today I went to the LFS and one of the employee suggested leaving the light on 24/7. Will turning the light off harm my anemone at night or should I leave the light on?

 

[MarinaP]

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[Holmie_D_Klown]

Turning the light off at night would be the wise thing to do. You will probably run into nuisance algae issues if you leave the lights on 24/7. What type of lighting are you using? Your lighting may be a little too weak - this may be the reason why the LFS employee suggested the 24/7 idea.

 

[OrionN]

Corals and anemones will do fine with light turn on 24 hr, but fish will be stress and die if light leave one continuously.