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trodi · 07-02-2009, 10:00 PM

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I'll monitor the fish to see how they do, they do seem to be a bit less active but they are still adjusting to the new environment. Envisioning 40 fish makes me more hopeful that this will be OK.
If things don't work I could always look for a trade. I'd rather try and make this work though they're nice fish. Thanks for the encouragement.

As for lighting and in response to splitting times I've wondered that myself. I have the lights go on at 12pm and off at 8pm right now, in the past I've had them on until 10 or 11, that way I can eat while looking at the tank. It is relaxing. I only have eight hours now as it's a new set up, I don't know if that matters but I didn't want to overload any one condition right now as it's establishing itself.

Also what about sunlight. I get about one to two hours of somewhat decent light on the tank in the morning. That should be factored into the duration of light as well I would assume.

As I think about it I feel like it would matter to split as the plants may get all kicked into the photosynthetic process and then begin to shut down before starting out again ( if the lights went out after only 5 hours). Although this is just an assumption. I would be interested to know if that occurs because shouldn't then daylight be considered?

07-02-2009, 10:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
trodi Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 14 iTrader Ratings: 0 Plant Points: 1100	Re: the switch Thanks for the suggestions. I think I'll monitor the fish to see how they do, they do seem to be a bit less active but they are still adjusting to the new environment. Envisioning 40 fish makes me more hopeful that this will be OK. If things don't work I could always look for a trade. I'd rather try and make this work though they're nice fish. Thanks for the encouragement. As for lighting and in response to splitting times I've wondered that myself. I have the lights go on at 12pm and off at 8pm right now, in the past I've had them on until 10 or 11, that way I can eat while looking at the tank. It is relaxing. I only have eight hours now as it's a new set up, I don't know if that matters but I didn't want to overload any one condition right now as it's establishing itself. Also what about sunlight. I get about one to two hours of somewhat decent light on the tank in the morning. That should be factored into the duration of light as well I would assume. As I think about it I feel like it would matter to split as the plants may get all kicked into the photosynthetic process and then begin to shut down before starting out again ( if the lights went out after only 5 hours). Although this is just an assumption. I would be interested to know if that occurs because shouldn't then daylight be considered?