Fuge lighting 24/7

[SeaMonster]

Since my Grape algae went sexual, I have been keeping the light on 24/7.

my question is will this new lighting schedule hurt the softies I have in the fuge?

Many thanks in advance

 

[edwing206]

I thought the reason macro algae goes sexual was because of 24/7 lighting.

 

[jeffnewt]

for some reason, my mushrooms that have ended up in the fuge didn't have a large problem with the 24/7 light.

However, I got rid of that dreaded grape calurpa a long time ago. I can't stand that stuff. Now I have cheato(wire algea) and kelp, and unfourtuneatly hair algea in my fuge.

I have had the lights off in the fuge for about a week now, in an attemp to kill down as much hair algea as possible before i remove it manually. I am not seeing any nagative effects on the cheato or kelp.

 

[SeaMonster]

My hairy shroom was very unhappy today, I am guessing from the 24/7 lighting????

I am getting rid of the rest of the grape.

I read kipping the lights on around the clock keeps it from going sexual but there has been to solid evidence.

 

[jeffnewt]

yeah, get rid of the grape. IMO that stuff is just not worth messing with. I had some get in my main tank and it is now there for good, I have tried everything to get rid of it.

I was keeping my lights on 24/7 for a long time. I finally got nervous that it was wasting power and not being as effeicent as I was thinking. 16 hours seems better to me. If you think about it, the photosyntheis process doesn't immediately stop, so I would immagine for a about 2-3 hours the algea is still working to your advantage.

 

[SeaMonster]

if you got it in your main tank, a tang will get rid of it quick. My tangs eat every lst bit of it