Do your lights ever go off?

scubaguy699 · 12/06/2006, 03:48 PM

Heres my setup:
(2) 96 watt actinics
(2) 9s watt 10K PC
1 250 watt MH
(3) lunars

I currently have my lighting set up so that the actinics come on one at a time, then the PC's one at a a time, the MH, then everything turns off in the same order. The lights come on at about 1:30 PM and shut off at 12:45 AM. After the daylights go off my lunar lights come on one at a time across the tank to simulate the moon moving across the sky.

My question is this: right now the lunar lights go off at about 7AM. Do you think that the lunar should run up against the actinics so that the tank is never in complete darkness, or should there be some period of total dark in the tank. Any thoughts are welcome.

Brett

Ti · 12/06/2006, 03:51 PM

Yes overlap it

SDguy · 12/06/2006, 03:53 PM

I have no time of total darkness. Everyone seems to be doing fine (fish and corals).

12/06/2006, 03:48 PM	#1
scubaguy699 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Flint, MI Posts: 50	Do your lights ever go off? Heres my setup: (2) 96 watt actinics (2) 9s watt 10K PC 1 250 watt MH (3) lunars I currently have my lighting set up so that the actinics come on one at a time, then the PC's one at a a time, the MH, then everything turns off in the same order. The lights come on at about 1:30 PM and shut off at 12:45 AM. After the daylights go off my lunar lights come on one at a time across the tank to simulate the moon moving across the sky. My question is this: right now the lunar lights go off at about 7AM. Do you think that the lunar should run up against the actinics so that the tank is never in complete darkness, or should there be some period of total dark in the tank. Any thoughts are welcome. Brett

12/06/2006, 03:51 PM	#2
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	Yes overlap it __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

12/06/2006, 03:53 PM	#3
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	I have no time of total darkness. Everyone seems to be doing fine (fish and corals). __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.