Rope light for Moonlight

[HawkEye_Pierce]

I just coiled the excess behind the tank...they do sell 6 foot sections at Lowes but 18 foot is the most common...

I am afraid to cut mine...like Balance said...Blue is hard to find!

 

[doctawife]

We have our tank in the living room, so even when the tank light goes off, my fish get an 'evening' for a couple of hours until we go to bed. I always thought that was good for them... am I wrong?

-Mary

 

[HawkEye_Pierce]

that's fine...the blue moonlight is more for us looking at them...many nocturnal fish cannot see dark color lights like the blue...this way they think it is night time and come out to feed and you can watch them...just a little way to trick them...LOL

 

[Cichlid-Man]

LOL, i still love this idea.

 

[ecotank]

It works great Chiclid-man! Many nocturnal fish can be viewed easily, and other fish like neons look awesome in the moonlight!

It also allows us more "fish time" without running all the wattage and risk algae growth.

Just makes for a more natural habitat for our lil friends I think

 

[Cichlid-Man]

If i end up planting my 55 i want to get an Elephant Nose so.....this will be great for viewing it!

 

[michael]

http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=106084#post106084

 

[matrixcrawler]

wow that does sound really great. Are there any species of fish that should not have a light on like that at night? I have an eel and cichlids mostly, and they seem to eat more at night.....would the blue light stress them?

 

[pete19]

i tryed blue rope lights and i found they wont that brite the proper moonlights are cheap eneyway i pay round here about £6.50 for a three foot tank. my fish tend to swim more relaxd and dont fight at all wen the moonlight is on i leave the moonlight on with a brite white and found out it brung the coulors of my cichlids out more brightly.

 

[hyunelan2]

My problem with rope lights is they're too bright. I made my moonlighting in my 25g by using 2 blue LEDs, wired in parallel and 2 AA batteries with a switch in between. Gives the 'nightlight' effect nicely, without being very bright. I've had them on there for about 2 months, turned on every night - and they still have the original batteries. LEDs suck down very, very little power. On my 10G breeder/QT, I leave the single LED moonlight on all the time, since the garage can be dark - no windows. I think they're a much better choice for moon lighting if you're handy with DIY stuff.

 

[fishluvr818]

Hi all. My first post as I am new to the site. Check this link for moonlights I found on ebay. I just ordered one for my 100 gallon freshwater tank 60". I thought it might help.

Aquarium Moonlight 60" LED moon light fish tank reef - eBay (item 120130855725 end time Mar-01-09 22:44:38 PST)

*DRUMMER**celebrate*GOLDFISH*

 

[EvilWays]

took the advice on using ropelight. works like a charm *except* throws down a TON of heat. hawk, it looks like your light is strung around the top of the canopy around the lights correct? i set mine up under my main lights (flouros so no worries on melting them or anything) and instead of going around the perimeter of my tank i went back and fourth across the length of my canopy which gave me about 4 strands of light across the length of my tank... does your blue ropelight seem more green than blue though?