Of course one of the first warnings about placing a tank is not to let a ray of sunshine pass across it. You'll get algae you're told.
Hot summer sun baking an aquarium all afternoon could cook the fish! Of course. Yet a planted 10-gal I have that gets hot late afternoon sun is often the clearest of any. Levolors: you can adjust them so that the tank gets just narrow stripes of summer sun.
But now the low winter sun may be below the eaves in south-facing rooms and striking deeper into the room. Winter sunlight is great for planted tanks! Look where the midday December-January sunlight strikes and see if you can't put a tank there to use it.
Or just pull up your blinds, because it's the season to dose your tanks with winter sunlight.
caution: this post may not currently apply in Australia
Hot summer sun baking an aquarium all afternoon could cook the fish! Of course. Yet a planted 10-gal I have that gets hot late afternoon sun is often the clearest of any. Levolors: you can adjust them so that the tank gets just narrow stripes of summer sun.
But now the low winter sun may be below the eaves in south-facing rooms and striking deeper into the room. Winter sunlight is great for planted tanks! Look where the midday December-January sunlight strikes and see if you can't put a tank there to use it.
Or just pull up your blinds, because it's the season to dose your tanks with winter sunlight.
caution: this post may not currently apply in Australia
