Fish Need Good Aquarium Lighting

Mostly pet fish is kept indoors and in alltypes of fish you have.
probabilities where the ambiance is with lowRequirements of aquarium light by plants and
intensity or subdued lighting effects. Thereforeother living organisms
the lighting is more important for your aquariumGenerally a thumb rule for aquarium light is that
as you would like to make your pets mostyou should be able to provide about 3 watts of
comfortable, capable of being admired, andlight per one gallon water - thus around 30 watt
maintain a healthy life span. Remember that thisfor a normal size aquarium. The live items other
health aspect is required for nearly 12 hours perthan fish such as plants, ferns, rocks and coral etc
day for keeping the environment as natural asalso need proper aquarium light to survive and
possible, supplying necessary medium for growthone must judge the total hours of lighting needed
or manufacture of natural chemicals etc. A readythrough experience. If you are noticing growth of
made aquarium light accompanies a completelyalgae then the light is too much and if you find
assembled fish tank and in order to ensure thethat the ferns are loosing color, the light needs to
amount of natural light simulation, you only havebe increased. Keep track of the deterioration in
to install a suitable timer. This way you arethe intensity of light as bulbs (incandescent and
satisfied that neither too much nor too little light isfluorescent) loose their power over a period of
available to your fish and they will have a healthytime.
existence. This also is valid for the live plants, liveOther factors in providing aquarium light
coral and rocks you have for decorative effects.Some salt water fish tanks require a different
Which type of aquarium light is best?arrangement of light bulbs or tubes and one must
There are basically two types of lights availableproperly design the hoods so that they can be
for aquariums. These are either incandescent orflexible for both saltwater fish and fresh water
fluorescent lighting systems. The experts andspecies. Double tubes or bulbs are suitable for
experienced users always show a preference forgeneral saltwater fish variety.
the latter type of aquarium light as it comesFinally one must not forget that keeping fish is a
nearest to the natural illumination. This apart thepet hobby and everyone desires their fish tank to
assembly must be of the hood type as that helpslook attractive and better than the neighbors or
in not only keeping the tank clean, but alsofriends! Aquarium light that is specifically called
ensures that the fish cannot jump out or the"designer's lighting" has become popular in recent
aquarium!times and is installed inside living rocks, gravel,
The incandescent light is not really suitable and thebetween ferns etc to give an attractive effect
one with halogen lamps should be completelythat is pleasing to the human eye - though the
avoided as it can give hot spots in the fish tankfish may not totally be in agreement with this
resulting in damage or death of the sensitiveobservation!