Moonlight timing need answer tonight!

[kingkipper]

I just got moonlights for my aquarium, My Blue lights go on at 5: 30 AM and turn off at 3:00 PM, My white lights Turn on at 6:30 AM and turn off at 2:00 PM. Where should my moonlights go in this lighting schedule?

[gcgrad]

I'm not an expert but I always thought the moonlights were to simulate night time. So I would figure run them after your blues go out at 3 pm. I guess you can run them until 5:30 am when your blues kick back on. Or you could have them kick off at night sometime. Although the schedule you have your blues and white on is interesting. You must work night shift or something.

[Lynnmw1208]

I have mine turn on an hour before my actinic lights are about to turn off. Then I run them until midnight and my tank is in darkness the rest of the night. I could probably run them longer if I wanted. I figure the critters need some real dark time too. Right now I'm only running a 5 hr light schedule because my tank is still cycling. I also have my white lights turn on at 12pm since I am usually home at 5 and want to see my tank :lol:

[Bigdaddy_wood]

I leave mine on 24/7

[N8thanExpl0sion]

+1 24/7

[iamwrasseman]

i would run them opposite of the actinic "blue" lights

[almostazoo]

mine are like 6w so I didnt even bother to get a timer, 24-7

[wbdevers]

My actinics come on at 6:30 in the morn, hour later the whites come on. They all stay on until about 10am and then all go in reverse order. Then the actinics come back on at 3pm and the whites at 5. The whites stay on till 8p then the actinics stay on till 9. After that my moons come on and stay on until 6:30 the next morn. All of my fish sleep when the moons are on. The fish also "wake" or call it a day when the actinics are on depending on the cycle. In other words if the lights go moon, blue, white the fish wake. If it goes white to blue the settle down for night time. Seems the sense a dusk and dawn.