Re: Light Cycle Experiments?

["Ron Schulz" <beemster at bestweb_net>]

Hi Karl,
  Let me make this clear. The experience I described was not mine. It was
that of Fred Behrmann who is a long time killi breeder. He raises thousands
of killies annually. His experience was that of lack of spawns from his
annuals. He attributed it to TOO SHORT a period of  daily lighting. His fish
room has quite intense fluorescent lighting (water sprite grows like a weed)
Since he has upwards of 250 tanks, he probably has well over 1000W of
fluoresent lighting. In trying to cut down on his electric bill, he cut way
back on the daily lighting duration from perhaps 12 hours to perhaps 5
(check with Fred....these are my guesses)  In the absence of fluorescent
lighting, his fish room is pitch black. His theory was that the short
duration of light was the cause  for the lack of egg production from his
annuals. I will contact him to get the details and report back here.
......................................................Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Doering" <Kilikarl at bignet_net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: Light Cycle Experiments?


> Hi Ron  What are your personal experience with lighting. We have people
that
> leave the lights on 24 hours in our club I go 14 Hours.Lighting is maybe
> 3rd. food ,water & light for the plants. If you don't have plants I don't
> think you need more then room light
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Schulz" <beemster at bestweb_net>
> To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Light Cycle Experiments?
>
>
> > Brother Paul,
> >   Perhaps you should try 3 or 4 hours a day and see what happens.
Perhaps
> > you should try it on SA annuals. Perhaps you should read what I wrote.
> > Perhaps you should contact Fred like I suggested. He is an extremely
> > experienced killibreeder and very systematic in his approach.  His fish
> are
> > as well fed and kept as clean as anyones.  As I said, it was his only
> > explantion at the time. Perhaps he has come up with a different
> explanation
> > since.
> > .....................................................Ron
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Paul.Jablinski at notes_udayton.edu>
> > To: <killietalk at aka_org>
> > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Light Cycle Experiments?
> >
> >
> > >
> > >   My lights are on 16 hours a day.  My fish still spawn well for me.
I
> > get
> > > more than enough eggs.  In fact, I picked 60 eggs in one day from my
> > > australe orange.  I stopped picking eggs for myself.  I have close to
> 200
> > > fry of this species at present.  I do not think that lights that are
on
> > for
> > > a long period of time has much to do with fish spawning.  I think
rather
> > it
> > > is the kind of food that they get and a cleaning of their tanks on a
> > > regular bases that makes the fish spawn a lot.
> > >   Sincerely,
> > >   Bro. Paul
> > >
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