light mover

[davejnz]

great ideas everyone,my Dad is coming by this weekend and we're gonna try and make a prototype.I'll post back when we get it working

[Proost]

Hello everyone-

I know this topic may be on dieing, but I am new here.

I had the same idea a few years back when a friend wanted to make a 3'x10+' grow out indoor "pond" to grow aquatic plants out for sale to the LFS's. These "light movers" are made for the indoor horticulture industry. The tracks are usually 6+' feet long, but if I remember it looks like they could be shortened. They are just a thin track that a motor runs on from end to end, switching on each end. You could then just have a cycle timer than say turned the motor on for a couple seconds every hour and it would move a little each time, simulating the suns movement. Then at night when the lights are off you could have it cycle back over to the morning side.

Or if you could handle the movement, just have it run constantly all day. If corals are like plants, shorter bursts of very intense light can be beneficial for faster growth.

Here is a link to the light mover I looked at:
http://www.elights.com/linrailligmo.html

[Reef_Angel]

Welcome aboard Proost! This topic is by no means dead. My husband Dakar is still in the midst of making this happen for our tank. We feel strongly that this would be beneficial for our corals. I'm sure he'll be online later in the day today. He's suffering a migraine that has put him to bed which is a rarity, so I'll let him sleep as much as possible through this day! Our grand daughter is visiting this whole week, and 2 yr olds and migraines really don't go very well together I guess. Anyway, he has many ideas on this subject to share as well and is looking for input too. I see this becoming a very useful thread!! I hope you enjoy the site Proost!