Finnex stingray 2 Moonlight Mode. If and when?

[OfficialThomas]

I have a finnex stingray 2 and I know it has a moonlight mode. I use the regular mode during the day for my live plants but I'm just curious:

Does anybody use this feature for viewing your fish at night? Will it stress them out? Can the moonlight mode on the light harm my plants or grow algae?

I WILL ALWAYS TURN THE LIGHTS ALL THE WAY OFF AT NIGHT. I AM JUSY TALKING ABOUT IF I WANT TO LOOK AT THEM AT NIGHT

Thanks!

Edited September 11, 2022 by Thomas H

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

I use a bit of a moonlight feature on a fluval aquasky light as a part of the normsl light cycle to view behaviors in the tanks. I limit it to about an hour a day and reduce the on time of the full light to offset the moonlight time.

It it were me I would try it out and see how I liked it and how it worked for my situation. Moonlight, depending on lightwavelengths/colors used, could do pretty much everything the full light does for algae and plants just at a lower intensity

 

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[Wrencher_Scott]

I have the Aquasky too. The blue is pretty dark but I read algae loves blue. I just let the little guys sleep in peace. 

[mountaintoppufferkeeper]

Yeah if I do an hour of moonlight /nighttime I take sunrise 1 hour later too