upgrading lighting

rverbeck · 05/03/2008, 11:36 AM

I am upgrading my lighting. I currently have PC lighting 4x65. I am upgrading to T-5 lighting 6x54. I was wondering how I should acclimate my corals to my new light. I didnt want to add the stress of moving them around, so I was figuring I would shorten the light cycle down to like 2 hrs a day atinic only and then 2 more hrs atinic + daylight. And just ad an hr of daylight a day until I get up to 6 hrs or so. What does everyone else think?

tpenn187 · 05/03/2008, 12:25 PM

if it were me just put them on the bottom of the sand and slowly move them up to the top, or their respected spots. i have also heard of people using a screen material to "filter" or "shade" the light for a few days and then jut removing that.

05/03/2008, 11:36 AM	#1
rverbeck Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia. Posts: 20	upgrading lighting I am upgrading my lighting. I currently have PC lighting 4x65. I am upgrading to T-5 lighting 6x54. I was wondering how I should acclimate my corals to my new light. I didnt want to add the stress of moving them around, so I was figuring I would shorten the light cycle down to like 2 hrs a day atinic only and then 2 more hrs atinic + daylight. And just ad an hr of daylight a day until I get up to 6 hrs or so. What does everyone else think?

05/03/2008, 12:25 PM	#2
tpenn187 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: central illinois Posts: 630	if it were me just put them on the bottom of the sand and slowly move them up to the top, or their respected spots. i have also heard of people using a screen material to "filter" or "shade" the light for a few days and then jut removing that.