How Long Do You Leave The Lights On?

Posted by Sarah on June 16, 2009

How long do you leave the lights on in your fish tank?

When we first got our fish we started turning the lights on when we fed the fish in the morning, and turning them off when we fed them at night – or if the lights were bothering us while we were watching tv.

After a year or so I started reading that the lights really only need to be on if you want to look at the fish, so we just started turning the lights on when we wanted to look at them, unless we were dealing with a planted tank, or the salt water tank.

The fish don’t really seem to care about the lights, and we have enough natural light in our house so that we can see the fish pretty well most of the time.

If we do have the curtains closed and it’s dark in the room, we’ll leave the lights on for a few hours, just because.

How often do you leave the lights on in your fish tank?

Do you use a timer, or turn them on manually?