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09/09/2008, 05:23 PM
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How long is to long with my lights
I have two 150w MH on my tank with no additionall lighting. How long should I run these bulbs? I am currently running them 10 hours every day. Havent really though about how long I should run them until now.
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09/09/2008, 08:41 PM
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Any help??
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09/09/2008, 10:09 PM
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depends what you have in the tank I suppose. If your corals are happy and you dont have huge algae issues, I'd leave it be. Any algae issues?
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09/09/2008, 10:52 PM
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6-8 hrs.
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09/10/2008, 07:09 PM
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I have mostly sps with only 3 lps they all seem to be doing great. and no algae at all. well some of my sps corals look like they might be loosing color and turrning brown, would too long of lights do that?
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09/10/2008, 07:12 PM
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could also be too close to the lights. might want to try cutting back on the light to see if it helps with the coloration. Its easier than moving the corals away form the lights... just my .02
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09/10/2008, 07:40 PM
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I would try running each of your lights for 8 hours a day. Overlap them so that they are both running together for 3 - 4 hours and see how that does.
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09/10/2008, 08:31 PM
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some of my acro's are 11" away from the light source that is as close as they get which I didnt think was going to be to close cause I only got 150w. Or is it? my lights are 5" above the tank. I have some new bulbs coming in instead of the coralife i have some phoenix on the way. I Will lower the time and make them over lap like you said fijiblue. Thanks again for the help Guys!!
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09/11/2008, 06:24 AM
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Good luck
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