Lights out...... 04/09/2009
 

I tried something out the other and found some interesting results. I sometimes turn my lights out for a day to simulate storms and such. I figure that on a natural reef there are at least one or two days a month when the sun iisnt shining down at 100%.

So, I decided to turn my lighting off for two days to see what would happen. To my surprise I had many corals put down substantial growth within the two days of darkness. I even had a pink digi that had gone dormant put on nice growth tips.

I only wish I would have documented the findings with my camera.

Oh, well. I will try this again next month. But this time with pictures!

 


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chris link
04/15/2009 4:59pm

Thats pretty interesting. Ill be checking back to see what happens next month.

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Vincekim link
04/15/2009 8:40pm

Dear Sonny

Very interesting. Lights out means complete dark situation or just your T5 off?

I also try this. My wife maybe love this because of saving electricity...
LOL

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Sonny link
04/22/2009 8:21am

Hello Vince,

Yes, the lights were off completely for the entire day. The effects were so good that I plan on having a "stormy" lights out day once every two weeks.

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AquariumsLife.com link
04/23/2009 11:35pm

That's quite interesting! Post your results next time you'll do that. I am curious about it and will follow your experiment with great interest!

Regards

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