How much light for goldfish?

I keep hearing that the goldfish should get 8 hours of light a day. Is
that an exact figure, or a minimum? I turn on their lights when I get
up, and turn them off when I go to bed, so they get about 14-16 hours
of bright light a day. Is that too much? My fish SEEM happy enough,
and always energetic.

JS

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You could always put a timer on it...

In article , Magic menagerie wrote:
You could always put a timer on it...

I could, but as yet, nobody has told me how long I should set the
timer for, which is essentially what I'm asking.

Jan

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12-16 hours. your choice. Ingrid

Jan Sacharuk wrote:

In article , Magic menagerie wrote:
You could always put a timer on it...

I could, but as yet, nobody has told me how long I should set the
timer for, which is essentially what I'm asking.

Jan



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12-16 hours. your choice. Ingrid

yep, normal "sun" hours!

nobody has told me how long I should set the
timer for, which is essentially what I'm asking.

It's been found goldfish can "tell time". It's better to use daylight to keep
them in tune with the cycle. Lights on when the sun comes up and off when it
goes down.