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Originally posted by Gooserider
Not all of them do. Microbes are amazingly versatile critters, and many can either grow on multiple different methods depending on what is available, or go dormant until what they need becomes available again... Shutting off the lights would probably slow them down for as long as the lights were off, but as soon as they came back on the critters would be waiting to pick up where they left off.... These things are far harder to kill than larger lifeforms like plants, pets, and people...
Gooserider
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As GooseRider says, cutting off the lights just makes a different form of microbes grow. Trust me, i tried it. My res is clear, and int he light, certain organisms were growing. I blocked light to it for three weeks, and all that got me was different organisms...