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 Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On?

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PostSubject: Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On?   Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? Icon_minitime1/14/2010, 10:48 am
Now that I have your attention ! !... Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? Lol

Do you guys feed your fish with the tank lights on or off? I have noticed lately my fish were more active at eating when the tank light is off, with just the room light on. I am basically talking about only my tanks with no substrate, just glass. Have anyone noticed this before???

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PostSubject: Re: Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On?   Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? Icon_minitime1/14/2010, 10:51 am
When i had my tropical/ south american tank they were way more active if i fed with the lights off. But now that i switched to my Africans they prefer the light on. They wont eat at all with light off, it just falls down to the sand and sits for the cats to come in and clean up.
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I go both ways. Morning no lights, nite with lights on. My fish arent real picky though, they are just happy to be fed... funny
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PostSubject: Re: Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On?   Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? Icon_minitime1/14/2010, 10:55 am
The shy ones eat better with the tank light off and just the room light on.


Wow... I just re read that and it sounds so wrong........
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PostSubject: Re: Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On?   Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? Icon_minitime1/14/2010, 11:01 am
AFRICAN CICHLIDS IN THE WILD HIDE AT NIGHT TO KEEP FROM BEING EATEN. THAT IS Y THE AFRICAN CICHLIDS ARE MORE ACTIVE WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. I SAW IT IN A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT LAKE MALAWI. SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN A TANK ENVIROMENT THEY ARE STILL PROGRAMMED TO HIDE WHEN IT IS DARK. MINE ARE MORE ACTIVE WITH THE LIGHTS ON AND AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS GO OFF THE HUDDLE IN A CORNER OR IN THE ROCKS AND THAT IS WHEN MY CATS COME OUT TO PLAY.
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lights on.... my fish hide untill there lights are on
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Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? 858205 with bimmertech i feed lights on mine just wont eat with the lights out and the food just falls till the plecos come to feed they seem to be verry active at night clean up time lol!
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I use that to my advantage. I feed mine at 7-8pm with the lights on, then I turn it off and wait til about 10pm, then I add the sinking wafers for my plecos to come out and eat. That way the plecos and the cichlids aren't fighting for food.
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i do it with the light on.
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my tetras I feed with the light on the oscar just has room light on his tank Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? 393849
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I do it with the light on so when the fish poop, there will be more bacteria to multiply.
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Lights on so I can watch them and make sure they are all feeding well. My plecos I will feed at night.
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Well, i feed mine in the morning with only the room light on, so its dimly lit in the tanks. my fry esp. like eating this way.. esp my tpimpwe, they lurch at food like little pfish. At nite all my big fish get to eat with the light on over the tanks, as well as all the fry fish.
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Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. ...that goes both ways .. lol! Do you DO IT in the Dark or with the Lights On? 690297
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