** Raffle ** How many of us use moon lights? ** Raffle **

[CAPSLOCK]

No moonlights (it is the AquaticLife dual T5HO lamp).

1) 9mos in current tank (upgraded from previous tank of 8 years)
2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? N/A
3) Set at 78, not sure of the swing. Hangs right around 78.
4) No visible pod population.
5) No spot feeding (softies if that matters).
6) Feed 1-2X daily, I try not to feed heavily...
7) Phosphate unknown, nitrates around 20 last I checked.

 

[Overlook reef]

1) How old is the tank? 1 year 9 months

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? Every night 6PM - 7AM

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank? 79. In the summer, on hot days, it may get up to 81

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank? My Yellow candy Hogfish keeps the population low.

5) Do you spot feed your corals? No

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily? No (once a day)

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at? PO4. Undetectable NO3 under 5ppm

Best picture I could get with my iPad tonight. I will try with my camera tomorrow.

 

[Rentalcoot]

1) How old is the tank? About a year old
2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? I use to on old tank. Maybe will start when I buy new light fixture from you
3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank? 79.1
4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank? Yes
5) Do you spot feed your corals? Try to once a week
6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily? On average 2 times a day
7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at? Phosphate less than 5ppm and nitrate range 0-15 depending how frequent I do water change

Just voted

 

[Old Glory]

pic at night

 

[johnbarr]

Hi Archit,

Good idea on the raffle!

1) How old is the tank?
Current tank is almost 4 months old.

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all?
Do not have moonlights.

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank?
Between 78 and 80 degrees

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank?
Tank is newer so not at desired levels.

5) Do you spot feed your corals?
Some yes.

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily?
No. Light feedings for the most part and one bigger feeding per week

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at?
Normal levels

 

[Phinfan]

** Raffle ** How many of us use moon lights? - Love the Reef
1) How old is the tank? 2 years

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? - No moonlights

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank? 78 .5+/-

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank? Yes

5) Do you spot feed your corals? No

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily? No

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at? PO4. Undetectable NO3 5ppm-10ppm

 

[Cliff Tishler]

The tank is 2 years old.
Moon lights are on 24/7...
Almost no swings in temperature. .05 degrees at the most
I do not see pods or rotifers (I do have live rock)
Almost never spot feed. Once in a great while.
I no longer feed the tank heavily...quite the contrary.
Phosphate/nitrates are in range....no great shiftd

 

[molo41]

1) 8 months
2) no lights, complete darkness as seen in pic (LOL, not sure this helps)
3) 78-79
4) yes
5) rarely, maybe once a month
6) feed once a day at night.
7) 0 phosphate and 5 ppm nitrate

 

[Pdm2476]

1) How old is the tank?
Tank is 11 months old

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all?
8pm - 2am

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank?
79 degrees with about a .5 degree swing

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank?
yes in the sump and sometimes in the DT

5) Do you spot feed your corals?
Yes my Acans , Duncans , and candy canes mostly

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily?
once a day pellets and mysis every other

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at?
Nitrates about 5 and Phos less than 5ppm

 

[moneypit]

1. 4months
2. 24/7
3. 77-79
4-5-6. No

 

[wpeterson]

No moonlights, but a tiny 1watt white LED "night light". Close to dark, but bright enough my Jawfish doesn't get upset or lose his way to his burrow.

Whenever we've left the tank entirely unlit, the Jawfish tears up the substrate and gets very stressed out until daylight when he digs a new burrow. With the limited night light, he's been in the same burrow for 3-4 months now.

1) How old is the tank?
6 months

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all?
Lit 8am to 8pm, an hour of low-level actinics on either side. "Night Light" is on after lights out

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank?
Constant 78.5, +/- 0.5 daily.

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank?
Copepods and Amphipods, doing well. Occasionally isopods when the phosphates get above 0.1

5) Do you spot feed your corals?
Yes. Target feed Zooplankton to non-carnivores (SPS/Zoas/Mushrooms). Target feed Coral Frenzy or fish pellets to Ricordeas and Acans.

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily?
No. I try to feed as lightly as possibly. Small amount of fish pellets and frozen brine/mysis shrimp.

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at?
Nitrate: 0, Phosphate < 0.10

Here's a screenshot of the tank around 1am last night on the webcam's nightvision, not enough light for a regular picture.

 

[RichardinMA]

I use the moonlight setting on my Radions and utilize the lunar cycle feature.

1) How old is the tank? - 3 years

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? Every night- Radion Lunar Cycle to match the moon cycle

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank? 76-84

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank? Used to but my wrasse eliminated all

5) Do you spot feed your corals? perhaps 3-4 times a month on LPS. I use AA for my SPS. It is mostly an SPS tank.

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily? No. Mostly pellets 1x - 2x a day. Occasionally frozen.

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at? Phosphate is usally ~ 0.04, Nitrate is undetectable

I'll post a pic later tonight. The intensity varies from pitch black through a max of 2% of total light intensity depending on if it is a new moon or full moon.

 

[RichardinMA]

Shot under moon lights. It is almost a full moon.

 

[jdeb101]

1) How old is the tank?
A little over 7 years.

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all?
About a week since switching from T5's to my current LED fixture.

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank?
I keep heaters set to 79, however it can drop or raise a couple degrees depending on time of year.

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank?
Not so much.

5) Do you spot feed your corals?
Approx once or twice a week.

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily?
No. Feed frozen once every 2-3 days, flake about every day day in between however sometimes do not feed at all for a day or two.

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at?
Haven't tested in a lonnnng time, however almost always at 0 when I do.

 

[freakit]

1)~3 months, upgraded from 55g to 75g

2)moon cycle every night 11pm-11am

3) 78degrees. Chiller allows a 2 degree difference before it kicks on.

4)yes. No fish in dt yet.

5) yes. My sponge every day.

6) no

7)p04, don't test but running gfo at the moment
N03, undetectable

Pic to come.

 

[pbienkiewicz]

1) 4 years old
2) every night from 10pm - 6am
3) 80 degrees.
4) Pods are all over the tank and in the sump's middle chamber
5) No
6) No
7) Phosphate 0 Nitrate 0

 

[pbienkiewicz]

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[pbienkiewicz]

 

[Ryan17]

I Voted.

1) How old is the tank?
Current reef tank is 6 months old.

2) How long / often do you use the moon lights, if at all? no moon lights, although I do believe they play a part in coral growth...

3) What is the temperature / temperature swing in your tank? Not a big swing the tank stays between 78-80 at all times.

4) Do you see a healthy rotifers/pod population in your tank? Good pod population.

5) Do you spot feed your corals? Not really, but I do every once in a while to my plate corals, acans, and lobos.

6) Do you feed your fish/tank heavily? not at all tank is fed minimally every other day.

7) What are your phosphate + nitrate levels at? Phosphates are minimal and nitrates are at 10ppm

 

[LoveTheReef]

Thank you very much guys!

Here's the current vote count -- please PM me if I'm off and need to fix it

Old Glory: 8
wdebenedettojr: 4
MrX: 8
Docstach: 1
RiverRat: 8
mnavick: 4
karoly0829: 8
s_kelley: 8
CAPSLOCK: 4
Overlook reef: 8
Rentalcoot: 4
johnbarr: 4
Phinfan: 4
Cliff Tishler: 4
molo41: 8
Pdm2476: 4
moneypit: 4
wpeterson: 8
RichardinMA: 8
jdeb101: 4
freakit: 4
pbienkiewicz: 8
Ryan17: 4