If your betta fish has too much light it can become overly stimulated and stressed.
Do you turn betta fish light off at night.
And of course the answer is off.
With all due respect guppies4life ive seen you say 16 hours before when advising on light hours 8 10 is about right someone running at 14 16 as ive seen you say will more than likely cause algae problems at some point.
Too much sunlight can overstimulate your betta causing stress and agitation as well as possibly causing feeding problems.
One becomes dominannt and keeps picking on the weaker one until it dies.
And yes you should turn your lights off on a regular schedule.
Now betta will survive the night with the filter off but you are harming the biological filter itself.
Now you should have a solid understanding of whether to leave a betta fish light on or off at night.
However just like their wild cousins captive betta fish do need to sleep at night.
If you don t want to use light timers set an alarm and turn the lights on and off at the same time each day.
Here is a picture of some.
And the most important things you need to remember are.
Also a cheap appliance timer may do the trick if your bulbs don t eat up too much power.
What helps regulate that is buying a timer at your local hardware store that does this automatically.
Betta fish typically need 8 to 12 hours of light and 12 to 16 of darkness so make turning off your tank light a pre bedtime habit.
Some bettas won t eat at all when stressed by too much light.
Light timers are the easiest most effective way to regulate your fish s night day cycle.
As for the filter.
Always best to leave it running.
Basically it plugs into the wall and then plugs into your aquarium light and it switches the light off at your certain set time everyday.
You can keep female betta together but you need large tank and a decent group of fish 5 to spead out any aggression.
Simply set the timer to turn the light off at the same time each evening and to turn it back on the next day.
Yes you should turn the light off you re never giving your fish a chance to sleep if you don t keep the light 8 14 hours a day that s what i do.
Consistent light cycles that replicate daylight and nighttime reduce stress and mimic natural environments.
You ll see this stress play out in feeding habits mostly.
So you must turn out the tank lights overnight to replicate the natural day night cycle that the fish enjoy in the wild.
