Lighting Timer

Zen685 · 03/12/2007, 07:34 PM

I just bought a Coralife Aqualight Digital Power Center and I don't think it will do what I want it to do. I have a 24gal Aquapod with blue and white CF and moonlights. I want the timer to run a schedule like this:

morning: blue
daytime: blue and white
Evening: blue
night: moonlights

I've heard of a lot of people running this schedule but I don't know what they do it with.

Does anyone have an Aquapod with this lighting setup? If so, how do you do it?

Andrew · 03/12/2007, 07:46 PM

The way you listed is fine. I had mine like this for example:

1pm - 20ks turn on
2pm- 10ks turn on
9pm- 10ks turn off
10pm- 20oks turn off
night-morning- moonlights.

Zen685 · 03/12/2007, 07:50 PM

What kind of timer do you have. The Coralife Digital Power Center won't let me keep the blue and white on at the same time.

Andrew · 03/12/2007, 07:57 PM

I use separate wall timers for each of the lights and pumps.

Zen685 · 03/12/2007, 08:15 PM

I was trying to avoid separate timers to save space. I liked the idea of the all in one units.

Andrew · 03/12/2007, 08:25 PM

You can make your own switch board too. Many people have done it and just put it in side of their stand. ( inside )

Mavvy · 03/12/2007, 08:44 PM

Got a schematic?

Zen685 · 03/12/2007, 09:39 PM

It's really simple. I've got 3 lighting plugs. 1 white CF, 1 actinic CF, 1 moonlight. The only other plugs I have are a pump and the heater. The pump and heater are always on. I just need an all in one strip that will let me turn my actinics on, then my actinics and white bulbs on, switch off the whites, and then turn off the actinics.

I think the Corelife Dual will work. I saw it at the store and I should have bought it when I was there. That's what I get for trying to save ten bucks.

03/12/2007, 07:34 PM	#1
Zen685 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Posts: 241	Lighting Timer I just bought a Coralife Aqualight Digital Power Center and I don't think it will do what I want it to do. I have a 24gal Aquapod with blue and white CF and moonlights. I want the timer to run a schedule like this: morning: blue daytime: blue and white Evening: blue night: moonlights I've heard of a lot of people running this schedule but I don't know what they do it with. Does anyone have an Aquapod with this lighting setup? If so, how do you do it?

03/12/2007, 08:44 PM	#7
Mavvy Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 89	Got a schematic? __________________ My girl told me the other day that, if she'd known what she was signing up for, she'd have just dated the Florida Aquarium and been done with it. Current Tank Info: Six...all full of water and copious amounts of $$.

03/12/2007, 07:46 PM	#2
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	The way you listed is fine. I had mine like this for example: 1pm - 20ks turn on 2pm- 10ks turn on 9pm- 10ks turn off 10pm- 20oks turn off night-morning- moonlights.

03/12/2007, 07:50 PM	#3
Zen685 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Posts: 241	What kind of timer do you have. The Coralife Digital Power Center won't let me keep the blue and white on at the same time.

03/12/2007, 07:57 PM	#4
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	I use separate wall timers for each of the lights and pumps.

03/12/2007, 08:15 PM	#5
Zen685 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Posts: 241	I was trying to avoid separate timers to save space. I liked the idea of the all in one units.

03/12/2007, 08:25 PM	#6
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	You can make your own switch board too. Many people have done it and just put it in side of their stand. ( inside )

03/12/2007, 09:39 PM	#8
Zen685 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Grapevine, TX Posts: 241	It's really simple. I've got 3 lighting plugs. 1 white CF, 1 actinic CF, 1 moonlight. The only other plugs I have are a pump and the heater. The pump and heater are always on. I just need an all in one strip that will let me turn my actinics on, then my actinics and white bulbs on, switch off the whites, and then turn off the actinics. I think the Corelife Dual will work. I saw it at the store and I should have bought it when I was there. That's what I get for trying to save ten bucks.