Lighting ?

[lorraine]

I was just wondering what lighting people use for their Axy tanks? I know the lights that come are too bright and whilst looking through peoples pictures of their setups, some have really nice lighting.

 

[carriw]

Hi there
I was looking into this a few weeks ago - a few of us have started using moonlight lamps (blue). Only problem is if you have a leucistic then their gills look green instead of red!
I changed to moonlight because my tropical lamp was throwing out a lot of heat, I THINK the moonlight one is cooler.
Carri

 

[dazkeirle]

I use moonlight as it is a little easier on their eyes it would seem, also mimics night time which they generally prefer.

I use moonlight LED strips, they still give a nice balanced glow but produce no heat whatsoever.

On ebay you can get a strip of 9 for about 7 quid!

 

[lorraine]

Thank you for your replies do you both have pics of your tanks so I can see the lights please. Sorry to be a pain.

 

[ghogg]

I just have the lights that came with my tank, a day and a warm bulb. They are on for 12 hours a day and with some floating plants to provide some shadows the axies seem fine. The plants are really thriving thats for sure!

 

[JWERNER]

You can rig up a dimmer. You could also use soft white LEDs rigged to a dimmer to get a natural coloration while viewing.

I always used suprebrightleds.com for LEDs cause they have strips and pods that come prewired. Just mount them to the light fixture or canopy.

 

[dazkeirle]

you just have to bare in mind they don't have eyelids and are nocturnal so really bright lights may be a bit too much for them and you should give em enough shelter to get out of it to sleep, but then you knew that

 

[Mac Myers]

I've just orders a couple of kinds of Blue LED "bulbs" with a standard E27 socket as I'm nursing a beat up Axolotl back to health.
After that I think I'm going to get some LED T8 lights to go into my hoods on the big tank. They generate too much heat. :happy:

 

[Anubis]

What about daylight or overhead room light? Would that be fine or too dim for them? Do they need to have a consistent amount of light? If so, for how long? I most certainly won't be putting them in direct sunlight, but I also don't want to stress them out.

 

[lorraine]

Thank you, he does have shelter from the lights and floating plants to help block some of the light, just was not sure that was enough for him.

 

[JealousVixy]

hi I'm just wondering how would you mount the moonlight LED strips?