Moonlight photo period- all night long?

[Dtilton]

Hi all-

Over my 90 I have 2x54 actinics that come on around 9AM, then 2x250 MH that come on from noon 'til about 8 PM,then the actinics go off around 11 PM and the moonlights come on 11PM to 9AM the next day. The moonlights I have are the linkable module Lunar Lights in blue. I have 4 modules, each with 2 - 1 watt 470nm bulbs. The tank looks really cool under these lights and I can't really see a lot, so it's not killer bright, but I was wondering if it's still just a little too bright for the 2 clowns and assorted snails and little micro critters? Should I shut the lights off at some point and let the tank go completely dark for a bit, or are these lights OK to leave on all night? Thanks!

-Danny

 

[Leroy]

I have my moonlights come on for 8 hrs after my main tanks lights go out. After that the moonlights go out and my tank is in the dark for 8 hrs. Moonlights have no bright illumination to cause any issues. I've divided the lighting into 3rds within the 24hrs. My tank is fine with the light schedule.

 

[Reefried]

My moons are on all night until the pc's come back on in the am...and I think that is fine..the fish no what time it is, clowns dont really sleep they move around all night (never moving far from their anemone)...but my hippo and wrasses go right to sleep when the pc's turn off...literally within seconds of them shutting off....the cool thing about my moonlights being on all night is that all of my polyps (whether its zoo's or millis or acros) stay open 24hrs a day...the gsp growing on my overflow box is out all the time...I think its cool...and definitly doesn't hurt anything

 

[stingythingy45]

I leave mine on all night from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
They're the linkable white moon lights.

 

[Mini4x]

If you want to get real fancy get this:

http://item.express.ebay.com/Home-G...SuppliesQQptdiZ1012QQddiZ984QQcmdZExpressItem

Simulates monthly moon cycle..

 

[Dtilton]

Thanks for the replies......I was pretty sure it didn't hurt anything and it looks so darn cool!!!