Night Lighting

night light

hello, i dont know about if the light will effect the fish behavior very much, i can't tell that it effects them at all. a night light is nice for you to see the fish that only come out at night. i dont have mine on a timer, it is a diy that my husband made by looking at this website http://www.csd.net/~cgadd/aqua/art_nightlight.htm we have night lights on two tanks

55 gallon
2 platys
5 otos
6 albino cory
6 rasboras
3 long finned danios
5 neons

75 gallon
3 pearl gouramis
3 moonlight gouramis
9 tiger barbs
4-5 upside down catfish
1 rubberlipped pleco
1 paradise fish

Go down to your local computer superstore and pick up a blue cold cathode tube. Strip the wires and connect them to an appropriate Ac/dc converter from an old small appliance.

I'm not electronically inclined and I don't have room in my hood for a second light so I put a floor lamp next to my tank and stuck a blue bulb in it. It gives the tank a really beautiful glow at night and dosn't seem to be interferring with plant growth or fishie happiness. All the shy guys come out as soon as I turn it on so it brings me lots of happiness.