Reef Central Online Community - View Single Post - A lot of heat, so I want to do this, please help!!!

pyton · 03/29/2011, 12:09 AM

Okay what I meant by ruining your bulbs.

If you turn them off and back on they are firing 3 to 4 times a day. This will reduce the life of the bulbs.

How many T-5's do you have?

Why don't you split the morning and evening times.

turn T-5 on at 730am and off at 1130pm
turn MH on at 8am and off at 11am

turn T5 on at 5pm and off at 11pm
turn MH on at 6 PM and off at 10pm

Run your T-5 more and your hot MH less
Split up the hottest part of the day.

OR split one of the plugs on the MH and when they are on the fan is on blowing across the tank during the hot months.

The programming is not possible due to the limitations of the device (ACIII) to do the fancy programming you need an Apex.

03/29/2011, 12:09 AM	#10
pyton Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 380	Okay what I meant by ruining your bulbs. If you turn them off and back on they are firing 3 to 4 times a day. This will reduce the life of the bulbs. How many T-5's do you have? Why don't you split the morning and evening times. turn T-5 on at 730am and off at 1130pm turn MH on at 8am and off at 11am turn T5 on at 5pm and off at 11pm turn MH on at 6 PM and off at 10pm Run your T-5 more and your hot MH less Split up the hottest part of the day. OR split one of the plugs on the MH and when they are on the fan is on blowing across the tank during the hot months. The programming is not possible due to the limitations of the device (ACIII) to do the fancy programming you need an Apex.