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Re: Light Cycle Experiments?
Hi Tom:
All my fishrooms have different cycles. I feel a light cycle to
be very important in conditioning and breeding. This varies
with different fish. They may not be subjected to a warmer
then colder cycle. But quality of water, food, light, and the
space available does cycle. Most fish tend to spawn when
it has been raining. This increases room tremendously. More
coverage of water increases amount of food too. Plus the
fresher rainwater is cleaner allowing better hatch. And the
predators are more spread apart. My rooms also vary the
temperature; from night to day, and from month to month.
There is always a dim bluish night light. Lighting goes on a
little gradually taking about two hours total on, and one hour
total off. My tests with other fishes has always shown a
correlation with cycles and success. And the light cycle I
feel is the most important but only if followed up with the
other proper facets. A fruit tree doesn't produce well if always
kept in summer conditions in a greenhouse. The resting period
is important to a good harvest. Try to duplicate the fishes
natural cycles. Even if you are not so close, just a reasonable
cycle will still make a pronounced improvement. Providing
even the wrong cycle still improves hatch. More water changes
during rainy season. Better and more food too. I have also
found I encounter less loss during and following spawning,
larger spawns, better hatches, far less 'belly sliders'. I wouldn't
plant tomatoes in November, and I don't purposely spawn fish
without conditioning. And conditioning does not simply mean
the best I can provide. But a gradual improvement.
Roger Fishyman1957 Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
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