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I've noticed that at night when my tank light shuts off, my clowns in particular begin swimming slower and vertically and honestly don't look too comfortable. I understand this is due to the pH levels dropping without the light on.
I was wondering for those of you who don't have sumps and aren't able to keep a light on 24/7 to maintain pH levels, what do you guys do about this issue? Is this really harmful for the livestock to be experiencing this every night?
Being a college student, my roomate and I sleep extremely irregular hours and sometimes have a desk lamp on all night (about 3ft away from the tank) and I notice it helps.
Tonight I just got back to my room (yes, it's 6am here) and found my smaller clown laying on the sandbed almost struggling to stay afloat...and after I turned on the desk lamp nearby, it's started perking up a bit. Advice is greatly appreciated :bowdown:
Side note: My Cerith snails have successfully bred.....ONE SNAIL! I'm pretty sure it's the Cerith's, too hard to tell at this point but I only have one other Margarita and one Nassarius so i'm assuming the eggs i find all over the place are Ceriths. It's really really small and my clowns seem to take a liking to stalking it....but I hope it lives lol.
I was wondering for those of you who don't have sumps and aren't able to keep a light on 24/7 to maintain pH levels, what do you guys do about this issue? Is this really harmful for the livestock to be experiencing this every night?
Being a college student, my roomate and I sleep extremely irregular hours and sometimes have a desk lamp on all night (about 3ft away from the tank) and I notice it helps.
Tonight I just got back to my room (yes, it's 6am here) and found my smaller clown laying on the sandbed almost struggling to stay afloat...and after I turned on the desk lamp nearby, it's started perking up a bit. Advice is greatly appreciated :bowdown:
Side note: My Cerith snails have successfully bred.....ONE SNAIL! I'm pretty sure it's the Cerith's, too hard to tell at this point but I only have one other Margarita and one Nassarius so i'm assuming the eggs i find all over the place are Ceriths. It's really really small and my clowns seem to take a liking to stalking it....but I hope it lives lol.