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I have been using the siesta lighting approach for years. It makes sense to help the plants out-compete the algae, as well as keeping the lights on during the two periods when people are around the tank (morning / evening)
It's also trivial to implement with any fixture and a simple timer.
However, we now have access to much finer control over both brightness and spectra. e.g. the AI Prime Freshwater
Lamps like that allow a "natural" increase in intensity over a day, and even a way to change the spectrum during the daily cycle.
Of course, one can implement a siesta with such a light.
Question: In our tanks, is the hard Light/Dark/Light true siesta the best way to help in the plants vs algae competition? Or, will a gradual ramp up then down do the same?
Secondary: One could do two peaks per day, or maybe do a selective siesta where some wavelengths are taken out for the "dark" period.
Thoughts? Science? Speculations?
It's also trivial to implement with any fixture and a simple timer.
However, we now have access to much finer control over both brightness and spectra. e.g. the AI Prime Freshwater
Lamps like that allow a "natural" increase in intensity over a day, and even a way to change the spectrum during the daily cycle.
Of course, one can implement a siesta with such a light.
Question: In our tanks, is the hard Light/Dark/Light true siesta the best way to help in the plants vs algae competition? Or, will a gradual ramp up then down do the same?
Secondary: One could do two peaks per day, or maybe do a selective siesta where some wavelengths are taken out for the "dark" period.
Thoughts? Science? Speculations?