Kubaluleke kakhulu ukubheka i- ikhwalithi yokukhanyisa ku-aquarium, ikakhulukazi uma sinezitshalo, ukuze kube nokukhanyisa okulungile. Lokhu kudinga ukuqina okwanele ukukwazi ukwenza i-photosynthesis, kanye nekhwalithi yokukhanya okusondele kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka kulokho okukhishwa yilanga, futhi kunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-algae ulwandle.
La ukukhanyisa nokuhlunga kungukuphila kwe-aquarium ukugcina i-ecosystem nezinhlanzi zisezingeni elifanele. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi njengoba siyindawo evaliwe kufanele silinganise ngokulinganayo izimo ezifanayo nalezo abanazo ngaphandle.
Okokuqala, kufanele kucatshangwe ukuthi ikhwalithi ayifani nobungako bokukhanya. Ikhwalithi ilinganiswa ngenkomba yokunikeza umbala ngoba kuyikhono lesibani lokukhombisa imibala sengathi ibonakale ekukhanyeni kwemvelo. Futhi inani liyabonakala ku-lumen, okuyisilinganiso esingazi ngaso inani lokukhanya elikukhiphayo. Kuya inani lamalitha we-aquarium ngakho-ke kuzofanele sibeke ukukhanyisa ekwakhiweni kahle kwezitshalo nemvelo yasolwandle.
Lapho ukhetha ukukhanyisa, singathola ukuthi kunezinhlobo eziningi zamalambu emakethe. Uma sibona ukuthi yethu izitshalo ziyeke ukukhula, zibune, noma zibe mnyama, kuzofanele sibone ukukhanya ku-aquarium yethu ngoba kubi kakhulu.
Ezivame kakhulu yilezi i-fluorescent futhi esetshenziswa kakhulu ku-aquarium, noma kuhamba kwesikhathi baguquke kakhulu. Ngebhubhu uthola amalambu amaningi nama-watts kunalawo amadala. Izibani ze-fluorescent ezinamashubhu agobile zisetshenziselwa izikhala ezincane.
La ukukhanyisa okuholelekile, Kungabhekwa njengokusha kakhulu emakethe, ukusetshenziswa okuphansi nokungena kwayo okukhulu kokukhanya emanzini kanye nezinkanyiso zayo sekuba isimangalo sabathandi bomhlaba wasolwandle.