winter light

[wetmanNY]

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

 

[fishlips]

I love the light that gathers in my tank during the early part of the day. The fish seem to enjoy it and I have no prblem with algae.

 

[Pootspete]

Living in Florida the sun that shines through my window is also beautiful. My tanks are never in direct sunlight. I have been fortunate, I do not have a heater in any of my tanks. My home seems to be at a comfortable level for me and fish alike. I usually average between 75-80 degrees in my tanks. I do make sure that it does not get too hot in the summers, and if that is the case the fans turn on.

 

[skeletonhand]

I have my 55g next to a east facing window. I open the shades so it gets morning sunlight, and I've never had problems with algae. I look at it as free light for the plants w/o running my lights. If it were a south facing window and recieved sunlight all day, I could see that algae could potentially become a problem.

SKEL