Reverse Lighting Main Tank

alrha · 05-03-2005, 07:50 PM

with the summer around the corner (and with the possible incentive of Time-of-Use rates on electric bill - see prior post)...
what do you guys think about running our lights more overnight and less in the day. this should help with heat in the summer (much hotter during day) and with cost of electricity.
say from 6pm-6am on then then off from 6am-6pm.
anyway we are usually at work and dont see our tanks till night anyway.

**marrone** · 05-03-2005, 08:11 PM

It's probably to way to go, specially as it's hotter during the day and with the lights off the tanks will stay cooler, you mayn't even need a chiller in some instance. Unless I get home right away from work the MH are already off so I don't get to see the whole tank light until the weekends.

You just probably need to gradually do it over time so the fish and corals get use to the chance in light. I know my fish know about what time the lights go off every night and get ready to bed down before hand. When we change the clock they still do it for a # of days before they figure it out again.

alrha · 05-03-2005, 09:54 PM

i dont have a chiller, which is a big reason for me to do this.

Melt · 05-04-2005, 08:48 AM

lets put a group order for a chiller..I am looking for one

alrha · 05-04-2005, 09:19 AM

i'd rather not spend the $ on one if i can get by without one.
plus i dont have room for one.
if they ever come out with a chiller that works like a heater does, i'm the first one to buy it.
till then, i might just opt for the reverse lighting.

**ShaunW** · 05-04-2005, 02:04 PM

I have my lights on during the night! It does help with the heat, since I can open up all my windows and cool my apartment down with the night air.

alrha · 05-04-2005, 02:25 PM

or you can run your Air Conditioner at night (which is practically free on the Time-of-Use plan)

cali_reef · 05-04-2005, 03:14 PM

Quote:


	Originally posted by alrha: if they ever come out with a chiller that works like a heater does, i'm the first one to buy it.

They do, but it is for a smaller tank application. Something like 20 gallons.

alrha · 05-04-2005, 03:41 PM

where? and how much are those?
would 5 together be good for 100 gal tank?
or say 3 of them, but offer a 3 degree drop rather than 5 degrees?
its not like my tank gets to 90 degrees. i gets to 86-87 at its hottest and i would just love to drop it down to say 84-85.

House of Laughter · 05-04-2005, 04:40 PM

what will you do on the weekends? when you are up and watching in the day and out partying at night?

Jim

05-03-2005, 07:50 PM	#1
alrha ... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Posts: 4,265 Reefer Ratings: (51) Friends: (0)	with the summer around the corner (and with the possible incentive of Time-of-Use rates on electric bill - see prior post)... what do you guys think about running our lights more overnight and less in the day. this should help with heat in the summer (much hotter during day) and with cost of electricity. say from 6pm-6am on then then off from 6am-6pm. anyway we are usually at work and dont see our tanks till night anyway. __________________ - Albert

05-03-2005, 09:54 PM	#3
alrha ... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Posts: 4,265 Reefer Ratings: (51) Friends: (0)	i dont have a chiller, which is a big reason for me to do this. __________________ - Albert

05-04-2005, 09:19 AM	#5
alrha ... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Posts: 4,265 Reefer Ratings: (51) Friends: (0)	i'd rather not spend the $ on one if i can get by without one. plus i dont have room for one. if they ever come out with a chiller that works like a heater does, i'm the first one to buy it. till then, i might just opt for the reverse lighting. __________________ - Albert

05-04-2005, 02:04 PM	#6
ShaunW Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 4,662 Reefer Ratings: (37) Friends: (0)	I have my lights on during the night! It does help with the heat, since I can open up all my windows and cool my apartment down with the night air. __________________ *"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."* - James Madison, to the Virginia ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788. "I sincerely believe.....that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale." -Thomas Jefferson

05-04-2005, 02:25 PM	#7
alrha ... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Posts: 4,265 Reefer Ratings: (51) Friends: (0)	or you can run your Air Conditioner at night (which is practically free on the Time-of-Use plan) __________________ - Albert

05-04-2005, 08:48 AM	#4
Melt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: brooklyn Posts: 484 Reefer Ratings: (10) Friends: (0)	lets put a group order for a chiller..I am looking for one

05-04-2005, 03:41 PM	#9
alrha ... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn Posts: 4,265 Reefer Ratings: (51) Friends: (0)	where? and how much are those? would 5 together be good for 100 gal tank? or say 3 of them, but offer a 3 degree drop rather than 5 degrees? its not like my tank gets to 90 degrees. i gets to 86-87 at its hottest and i would just love to drop it down to say 84-85. __________________ - Albert

05-04-2005, 04:40 PM	#10
House of Laughter www.saltwatercritters.com Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ossining, NY Posts: 10,290 Reefer Ratings: (124) Friends: (36)	what will you do on the weekends? when you are up and watching in the day and out partying at night? Jim __________________ House of Fish (914) 424-0366 www.saltwatercritters.com Serving all your saltwater critter and reef needs

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