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Tank Light Question crw59 04-20-2005
Posted by on April 20, 2005, 11:10 am
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Do comets, or any other fish for that matter, care if the tank light is
left on all the time???

thx - Craig


Posted by sophiefishstuff on April 20, 2005, 1:51 pm
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crw59@earthlink.net writes
>Do comets, or any other fish for that matter, care if the tank light is
>left on all the time???

they get very stressed. I did it by accident over a four day holiday and
came back to a tank full of very stressed fish, noc- and diurnal. They
need the dark/light cycle.

you'll also get algae.

you can buy very cheap timers indeed.

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sophie

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Posted by Tom Randy on April 20, 2005, 7:44 pm
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:51:39 +0100, sophiefishstuff wrote:

> crw59@earthlink.net writes
>>Do comets, or any other fish for that matter, care if the tank light is
>>left on all the time???
>
> they get very stressed. I did it by accident over a four day holiday and
> came back to a tank full of very stressed fish, noc- and diurnal. They
> need the dark/light cycle.
>
> you'll also get algae.
>
> you can buy very cheap timers indeed.


Agreed. They need a day night cycle just like they get in nature.


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