Lighting?!?!?!?!

[malroy77]

Hey,

i was just wondering if anyone has any info on lighting. I have just a typical florescent light for my tank and i was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to put a timer on them? I put the light on about 7 in the morning but sometI'mes im not home till after midnight...and i don't think thats too good for the fish! I was looking at some flyers and they have some timers on sale, does anyone know if they would work? If not any other idea's???

Thanks a ton,

Mal 

[kennyman]

Some of the older lights you had to hold down the button for a bit to get it to turn on. But the newer ones should all have the easy start thing going on. They work with timers just fine 

[BigDaddy]

Extra light is no problem for fish.  The problem is you'll tend to get algae in the tank with lengthy photoperiod.

[malroy77]

awesome! thanks guys

[catfishsteve]

I have a standard two tube 4 foot flourecent with plant growing bulbs with a outdoor timer from Canadian tire.
works fine. 7am - 10 pm almost no algae to as these lights are not that powerful.

[groan]

i had too much algae with 130 watts on a 70 gallon so i am splititng my light cycle to 7-12 and off from 12-5 then back on 5 - 10:30

i just started this so i dont know how well it will work, i still have lots of algae after about a month of this.

[homestar726]

If you really want to get creative, buy to timers... One for regular light, and one for moonlighting