what bulbs for getting moon effect ?

[myaquarium]

I went to the local hardware store, bought two standard light bulb mounts with screws to connect electricity, two blue party builbs, some electrical cord and a plug. I wired the two bulb mounts together, then from the one I ran the electrical cable and attached the plug. I mounted them inside my hood and added a timer. If I remember right the bulbs were either 7 or 15 watt bulbs. It creates this simple little blue glow inside my tank. Nothing too bright, but good enough to see some of the night life in the tank. Total project was around $15 - $20.

--andy

 

[lawndoctor]

I run the 15 watt black "moonlight" incandescent bulbs sold for lizard cages with a Solar 1000 which dims the bulbs to follow the actual patterns of the moon.

 

[Alex_78745]

I run a 3 watt flourescent in the top corner of my canopy. This adds a soft mellow glow to the whole tank. The fish and corals and inverts think it's night time and I get to watch the stuff that only comes out at night.

 

[John 3:16]

i have an icecap 660 running 4 110s. you cannot keep your actinics on after the daylights but i was wanting to get the moon look at night. i have heard of people getting(moon bulbs)

1. what kind of bulb do you recommend?
2. do you run it all night or just a little while.
3. if all night does it affect light periods
daylight hours the tank is lit up(i dont wont to light the tank up too long.

thanks,
justin