MrZ2u Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Walking upstairs to my office this morning and I realized that the chosen location for my new tank gets absolutely blasted with the morning sun and there is no way to stop it as the guilty party is a bay window that doesn't and won't have any blinds. The glass is the highest rated low-E type so on paper its blocking out a majority of something (I know it keeps the heat and bills down) It looks like it's only about an hour of straight on sun and then just regular daylight. Does anyone think this could lead to or exacerbate any problems with algae. Alternatively...if I set the timer right this could be a perfect 'natural' sun rise...although I had planned for that to happen later in the day so that 'sunset' would be nearer 21:00 to 22:00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 at that angle in the morning sun i doubt it would do much harm... the sea get sunrises too, but it has some UV light also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I don't think it will be a problem unless you're set on programming your own light to do sunrises. You can always compensate by running lower light the first few hours of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Only problem I've run into with a system getting some direct early morning light was an 16" bubble coral colony that would open and close with the rising and setting of the sun and not when the lights turned on or off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Exact same 'situation' with my 80g. Haven't noticed any negative effects yet. I always worry a little bit about algae because of the constant light but my last tank got indirect sunlight most of the afternoon, and it was fine.If anything, I thought it was beneficial. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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