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biOrb offer two types of aquarium lighting systems - MCR or Standard.
All available biOrb products, including upgrades of your biOrb lighting system, can be obtained from a single Amazon store online here: amzn.to/3I9e03F
If you wish to see the light colour changes during daylight and nigh time please see the two videos already on this channel covering this.
The Standard LED lighting is a straight forward "on or off " system utilising two LEDs. It is the cheaper of the options available.
MCR (Multi Coloured Remote) provides 15 coloured light options and the ability to raise or lower light intensity. Lighting can also be set with a timer. This cycles the lighting between sunrise, day time, sunset and night time.
The timer allows you to set the length of daylight hours using the options of 8,10,12 or 14 hours. Blue light is used to simulate night/moon light.
biOrb also offer lighting upgrade kits. These allow standard lighting to be upgraded to MCR and to fully controlled via a remote control. Upgrade kits, to convert from standard lighting to MCR are available here:amzn.to/3sRf5Zw
Good lighting is key to see all that is going on within your aquarium and it really does help to display the colours of your fish.
When using brighter lighting for long periods of time, it is important to provide areas within your aquarium where fish can hide. Shade can be provided through the use of plants (either real or artificial) and other features.
The majority of tropical community fish originate and have adapted to having around 10 hours of day light (per day) throughout most of the year. The weather conditions are less impacted by seasonality and broad variations in the length of day and night time hours.
In many tropical areas, daylight conditions are stable and the difference between the longest day and the shortest day, within a year, can be as little as 1 to 2 hours.
The MCR daylight timer settings have nothing to do with setting the aquarium lighting so that it matches your own daylight conditions. Instead, the lighting attempts to mimic the wild environment that your fish species have naturally adapted. Once set, the lighting cycle will have little comparison to your own world daylight hours.
The 10 or 12 hour setting reflects the daylight hours that the tank will provide. The 10 - 12 hour settings suit most tropical fish and a mixed community of tropical fish. In the example of the 10 hr setting, this will provide a short period of sunrise which will progress into 10 hours of daylight. Following this, the lighting will enter into a nigh time period (moonlight/blue).
To use the daylight setting on the remote:
Switch off the the remote using the 'OFF' button.
Switch on the remote using the 'ON' button.
Press the number of hours you wish to use on the remote (for example '12 HR').
At the start of the cycle the aquarium will begin with a short period of sunrise (a blue colour) it will then transition into the daylight setting that you chose (for example 12 hours).
You need to decide what time you would like to start the cycle so that you enjoy the daylight setting when it best suits your own viewing. For example, if you start the 12 HR setting at 9:00am it will stay in daylight setting through the day and then start to go into a night setting at about 9:00pm.
If you want to cancel the cycle at any time just press the remote 'OFF' button.
As always, a big fishy thanks for watching!
Mark
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3 июл 2021