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Aquarium Light

Stop playing with the lights!

by PenelopeDarcy on July 7, 2009

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I was visiting a friend of mine in london, he had an aquarium setup near where we were sitting in his living room. It was a moderately mid-sized aquarium with a good handful of freshwater fishies to go along with it. So we were talking and drinking some nice [...]

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Night and Day

by PenelopeDarcy on June 24, 2009

Fresh from my post on How long to keep your Aquarium Lights on, Justin reminded me that I forgot to mention fish need night as much as day.
As we all know, our goal for aquarium lighting is to recreate the natural habitat of our fish, corals, reefs or plants. And this doesn’t just mean the [...]

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Aquarium Lights the real deal

by PenelopeDarcy on May 13, 2009

I hope you know by now why you need aquarium lights. Fish tank lighting is all about recereating the natural habitat day/night cycle of your fish. You don’t just go on buying any kind of fish tank light out there since lighting not intended for aquarium use usually lack wavelengths of the daylight spectrum that [...]

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How long to keep your Aquarium Lights on?

by PenelopeDarcy on May 3, 2009

People always ask me this question “how long should we keep the fish tank lighting on?” Although there is no one for all rule, like what I’ve written in previous articles, I’ve tried my best to come up with a set of guidelines or general rules of thumb here. So here goes:

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Why you need Aquarium Lights

by PenelopeDarcy on April 30, 2009

Many of you who are beginners at this hobby would probably wonder why I’ve written this post on fish tank lighting. Don’t worry, I’ve felt the same way. When i was still a kid and didn’t know any better i just bought any kind of light bulb and stuck it on top of my aquarium. [...]

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