YSS
Members
How many of you turn the lights on during the day when no one is home on non-planted tanks? I have been, but I am wondering why ....
DBLN8
Members
I don't without plants no reason too.
fishology
Members
my basement is sooooo dark ...i turn on 1 small light during the day
chriscoli
Administrator
I've got plants in all of my tanks so they are on during the dayhome.....but I like to spend time with them when I come home after work so I've adjusted their hours to be on from about 1 to 11 pm.
mchambers
Former CCA member
I've got plants in all my tanks, so my lights need to be on.
All of my lights are on timers. Typically, the lights are on from 10-3, off 3-6, and on 6-10.
All of my lights are on timers. Typically, the lights are on from 10-3, off 3-6, and on 6-10.
i manually turn the lights on on my 3 other tanks.. the 125 is on a timer with different lighting levels.. when i am not home, the 3 tanks stay dark.. lol.. lights are for humans..not fish.. my only planted tank sits near a window, so when i am not home it just gets light from outside if there ever is.. only a couple shrimp and snails and a betta in there.. 
neut
Members
Generally, no. However, I do sometimes leave lights on for my Kapampa tank, even though the tank itself is lit up enough by daylight coming in the windows. They can become too accustomed to lights off every day and become a little shy when they're turned on and leaving lights occasionally or for a few days generally cures them of it. (So, didn't pick a poll option since it's not always one way or the other.)
Hannibal
Members
All of my tanks are on timers also, all but one have plants. Lights come on at 2 and go off at 8.
cabinetmkr39
DavidG / CCA Member
ONLY ON PLANTED TANKS, NO NEED ON FISH ONLY, LIGHTS ARE SO YOU CAN SEE. JMO
do the fish get shy when you turn the lights on? what about show tanks?
Rasta Fish
Members
I have mine on timers to turn on when i get home and go off before i go to bed
I like to look at my fishes after all that's why i have them
I like to look at my fishes after all that's why i have them
dogofwar
CCA Members
My fishroom has a couple of overhead bulbs on timers that are on during the day.
Otherwise it's really dark in the fishroom!
Matt
Otherwise it's really dark in the fishroom!
Matt
jonclark96
Past CCA President
I used to have all my tanks on timers, but now only about half of them still are. I ended up taking most of the small tanks off the timers as all it was doing was adding to algae growth. The show tanks that I have on the first floor of the house still run on timers.
Reed
Very Fishe
I have the same situation. I my basement is completely dark. I I just turn the lights on when I get home for a few hours
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Tony
Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
All on timers... Lights on at 6PM and off at 11PM.
Cyianara69
Members
Planted tanks, so all my lights are a on timers ... 3-10pm. This only changes on the weekend where I manually turn on the timers for most of the day so I can watch me fish.
rupertoooo
Members
All my planted tanks are on a timer, 10:30AM-8:00PM
Andrewtfw
Global Moderators
My planted tanks are on timers 10am-8pm. My other tanks need their lights turned on manually. I usually leave their lights out, as the room gets enough ambient light.
scientist0724
Members
All my tanks have plants, so I have timers that turn on the tanks from 6pm to 11pm. But my basement also has a door that is half glass, so there is some daytime light coming through. But all my tanks are far from the door so that they don't get a lot of light.
Arlene
Arlene
