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09/16/2008, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Colorado
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lighting duration question
i have a 180 gallon display.. i only have a few things in it as of now.... mostly zoas and ricordia. but with it being such a new tank... and my first tank with halides ( 2. 250 wt with 2 72" VHO for actinic).. what type of time span are most of you using your halides and actinics for? i do plan on putting some sps in later down the road... but it will be mostly sps... thanks for any input in advance.
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09/16/2008, 11:06 PM
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seriously....? no one knows how long they run their lights for?
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09/16/2008, 11:13 PM
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I run mhs for 9 1/2 hours. Actinics one hour either side.
I have 2 x 400x MHs over a 150g sps tank
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I've spent a lot of money on booze, women and fish. The rest I just squandered. Current Tank Info: 150g sps Reef (now FOWLR after a devastating crash due to chiller) , 2x400w MH (Icecap ballast, Lumenmax 2, Reeflux 12k SE), Deltec AP701, Grotech Tec III, Chiller, 2 x Tunze 6101, 1 x 6205 (+ m/c), bla bla |
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09/17/2008, 06:09 AM
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I would run the actinic for 12 hours and the mh for 10 hours. The actinic come on one hour before and stay on one hour later then the mh. I have done this for a long time and my sps do great. IMO
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