L.E.Ds

[Reptisect]

Hi everyone, I don't know where to post this thread so I'm just putting it here. I recently installed LED lights for the plants in my tarantula enclosures and shortly after my tarantulas, more specifically my T.albo, started acting strangely. When I turned the lights off they would become unusually active. Now before I had the lights I would see my T.albo mabye once a month at night if I'm lucky. After installing them I started seeing her out at night more frequently than before. Mabye I just have strange tarantulas but I I would like to know what some of you think about this behavior.

 

[octanejunkie]

Are you saying that it's out more at night now that it's got positive lights during the day? Does she hide more during the day? How bright are these lights and how long do you have them on for?

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

Scientists believe T's may be able to see shades of blue, so I got a cheap daisy chain set of led plant lights with only white and red spectrum to give a boost to my live plants in the enclosures. They're on lowest setting from 0800- 1600. A. avic and GBB couldn't care less, both active day and night. T. vagans has been buried since before I bought them, so yet to be determined. T. albo is weird though. Spends her daylight time sitting on the pothos in the back directly under the light. These lights are several inches above enclosure and put out zero heat. Not sure if it's the light or the moisture at the base of the plant she likes. It gets a squirt of water at the base every other day. Water dish is clean and full.
She came from a pet shop with super bright lights on from 0800-2100, so could be all that light affected her vision to the point of impairment. Who knows.
Tom Moran keeps his T's on a day/night cycle as well and he seems both knowledgeable and to care about his T's.
Maybe by simulating the day/night cycle, you're T's are acting on their natural instinct to be more active at night?
I think as long as your T's have access to a hide to get away from the light if they chose, the lights don't put out heat, and they still have a dark "night" time frame, the lights are fine.
Mind you, this is all just humble opinion

 

[Reptisect]

My leds are on a 10 hour light day & night cycle and are on a low brightness setting. My tarantulas will hide during the day like they always have (except for my P.irminia who is always out). But they spend a lot more time out at night since I installed lights than they did before.