Aquarium system with controllable light and methods

1. A method of lighting an aquarium system comprising: (a) providing a cabinet holding at least one aquarium tank arrangement including a plurality of individual tanks positioned side-by-side; a light fixture mounted above the tank arrangement; the light fixture including at least two rows of LED lights both extending along a length of the tank arrangement; the LED lights each being colored one of at least blue, white, and red; (b) using an application executable on a mobile device, setting an output of the LED lights for a sequence of colors, distance increments of colors, and time increments of colors along the length of the tank arrangement; (c) projecting light from the light fixture into the plurality of individual tanks of the tank arrangement; and (d) actuating a cycle of the projecting light of at least two different colors along the length of the tank arrangement in, (i) predetermined distance increments; and (ii) predetermined time increments.

2. The method of claim 1 further including using a surface skimmer in the tank arrangement for water clarity.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing a cabinet includes providing the light fixture to have LED lights that vary with color in segments along the length of the light fixture.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of providing a cabinet includes providing the LED lights to be colored at least one of yellow, purple, orange, and violet.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of projecting light into the aquarium tank arrangement includes projecting the light into an array of the plurality of individual tank positioned in rows and columns; and using a plurality of the light sources, at least one light source positioned for each row to project colored light in all of the individual tanks for the respective row.