Tank Light Question

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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

[sophiefishstuff]

In message . com>,
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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[Tom Randy]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:51:39 +0100, sophiefishstuff wrote:

> In message . com>,
> 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.