Aquarium night light. Suggestions

Im thinking of installing a night light for the tank.

I want for the fish to be somewhat visible but at the same time not be bright enough to discomfort them when sleeping. The light would be on all night until the day light power on.

If anyone has any experience in night lights or suggestions for the watt or colour of the bulb.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Todd on November 24, 2011 at 6:58pm

If you are handy eBay has blue LEDs and transformers for cheap

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Permalink Reply by Mike Todd on November 24, 2011 at 7:07pm

If you are not handy look up " aquarium moonlight " some I will be reasonably priced

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Permalink Reply by Russell on November 25, 2011 at 4:44am

i saw some of the ebay moonlight led's but they look very bright. Around 10watt i think =/

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Permalink Reply by Mike Todd on November 25, 2011 at 12:57pm

I bought a 12 inch strip it's was the bright but the blue light makes it seem dimmer then a white light of the same wattage

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Permalink Reply by Jason DuBois on November 25, 2011 at 1:14pm

red or blue led x-mass lights, tis the season to get em cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Hmoobthor on November 25, 2011 at 10:11pm

$9 lamp with a red bulb would work

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Permalink Reply by brosaquaticuniverse on November 26, 2011 at 7:19am

lol just made a vid about this. check it out. i highly recomend blue light it replecates moon light. also brightness typically isn't an issue. any light u use is only going to light up a small area which leaves the rest of the tank dark.. the main thing to watch for is mounting. most (for best results) you will have to fabricate a good mount. many come with totally non-practical mounts ie. lights that mount to the glass and only point forward unless you have a glass lid. but good luck and personally think night lights are healthy for fish as apposed to complete darkness, the darkness i think can stress the fish.

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Permalink Reply by brosaquaticuniverse on November 26, 2011 at 8:08am

http://fishtanktv.com/video/night-light-mp4

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Permalink Reply by 2apes2gp667wr on November 26, 2011 at 9:54am

Go with the white. If you are trying to replicate a natural circadian rhythm, putting a colored light in seems odd. Just one man's opinion. If you like the look of the colored lights it wont affect the fish's health. Look at some videos of the white though. They are nice.

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Permalink Reply by Russell on November 26, 2011 at 3:12pm

I dont think the colour effect the fish much, its the watt output. Useless having a dark blue light with a 20watt output at night. Ive been looking around ebay and all i can find is strips of 30+ blue led's. Think thats far to many for a 30g.