Night lighting for a marine aquarium?
My father currently has a 55g marine aquarium, which holds some fish (firetail goby, clown fish, a damselfish) along with invertebrates (peppermint shrimp coral banded shrimp, emerald crabs, hermit crabs, snails). The thing is, several of the things living in the tank prefer to be more active at night. He turns off the big light, and usually there’s enough light coming in from another room that he can see general shapes moving around, but he would like to see more detail.
Is there a light which can be used which would allow him to increase visibility, without disturbing the day/night cycle and sending the marine inhabitants back to various hiding spots? I was thinking of having him try a low power LED light, or maybe use a lamp which gives off only red light since that’s on the lowest end of the spectrum.
I’ve been using a blue LED light for about 2-3 months now. If the nocturnal inhabitants of my tank are bothered by it, they haven’t dropped any hints. They come out, yet I can see them easily. The daytime animals (such as the fish) sleep in their little nooks and crannies without a problem.
The model I use is this, mounted against one side of a 75 gallon tank. Because both my model and most 55 gallons are usually the same length (4 feet), you should receive similar illumination to what I have:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3733+10704+12110&pcatid=12110
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