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03/12/2008, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: FL
Posts: 3,050
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Reef lighting, how long?
How long do you guys leave your lights on for each day? is there a perfect amount of time to leave your lights on. i have ben leaving mine on for 8 hours a day, then my moon lights come on for the rest.
i have heard alot of people only keeping there lights on for 6 hours and my main concern is keeping my algea under control but not at the cost of killing off my corals. thanks for your answers. |
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03/12/2008, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: beautiful sunny tampa, fl
Posts: 45
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i have my lighting staged. i run a 75w hqi in the morning and evening as a "sunrise/sunset" then for 7 hours the 250's come on.
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03/12/2008, 07:22 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fairfield, PA
Posts: 1,331
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I run my actinic's from 1-11 and my halides from 2-10
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Baby it was on sale half price I PROMISE!!!! Current Tank Info: 90 gal mixed reef-55 gal sump-mag 9.5 return pump-10 gal frag tank 15 gal refugium. 2x 150 watt HQI outer orbit 4x pc actinic |
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03/12/2008, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 239
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30 and 14G(both pc setups) I run my actinics 10 to 10 and my 10k's 11 to 9.
75G I run 440W VHO 11 hours. 11 to 10. |
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03/12/2008, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Old Saybrook, CT
Posts: 895
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I just started doing 2 day phases, with a 6 hour break from the morning one to the afternoon one. heard of a few other people doing it, so i figured why not. try anything once, right
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03/12/2008, 01:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,715
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I simply run my halides from 2-12.
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