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09/22/2014, 08:49 AM
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Aquaria Engineering
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Elkland, PA
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Sump grow light
I have a refugium in one half of my sump, with lower flow. I'd like to grow cheato algae in there at some point and was searching on the light schedule for that.
I had heard that running it opposite the DT light schedule would keep photosynthesis going 24 hrs a day, could i just run the grow light 24 hr's a day? i did some searching but didn't find much about grow light schedules for sumps. Let me know what you think. |
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09/22/2014, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: DFW,Area
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I have done both ran them 24 hours a day and others I have run opposite of the display...this is supposed to help keep PH stable.
However my best growth has come from running them 24 hours a day. On my new 180 in wall build I am trying the opposite time once again to see how it will work out. |
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09/22/2014, 10:04 AM
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Location: Garden Grove, Ca
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Long term you are better off giving the refugium a dark photo-period. I run mine on for 17 hours, off during the DT peak lighting period.
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09/23/2014, 01:16 AM
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I've done both 24 hour and counter-cycle and am not sold on one way being better than the other. Try whatever seems right to you and see how it goes.
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You cannot use reason to change the opinion of a person that did not use reason to form their opinion in the first place. Current Tank Info: 65 G RR, w/ 50 G sump/refugium, DIY LED lighting, AquaMaxx CO-1 skimmer, Tunze 1073.050 return |
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09/23/2014, 01:19 AM
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does it make a difference for the pods in the fuge? do they need night time?
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09/23/2014, 01:14 PM
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Location: Austin, Texas
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They chaeto was crawling with pods both ways. Maybe the composition would be altered with a day/night shift but I can't think of any reason that it would be important to us.
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You cannot use reason to change the opinion of a person that did not use reason to form their opinion in the first place. Current Tank Info: 65 G RR, w/ 50 G sump/refugium, DIY LED lighting, AquaMaxx CO-1 skimmer, Tunze 1073.050 return |
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09/24/2014, 11:30 AM
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I run 18 on 6 hours off. Grows very well
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09/24/2014, 12:35 PM
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I use a 6500 k cfl floodlight in an ordinary clipon shop light fixture, grows like mad, lit 24/7
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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