I need some advice from you peeps on some T5 lighting, please!

JaredSD · 12/11/2006, 04:00 PM

Hi, I have a T5 setup that has 2-10,000k's and 2-blue actinics. My corals that I bought a month ago sure don't look like what the picture showed me and I am wondering if I am giving them too much light. I leave both on for about 11 hours per day. I anm thinking I should cut it back to 8 or 9? Can too much lighting affect my corals like this? Also, let me know of a good timing schedule if you have one. I would love to see what other people do for theirs. Thank you all!

fisher84 · 12/11/2006, 04:14 PM

I have T5 myself. I have 8 54watts. 4 actinic and 4 ocean daylight. I have the 4 actinic come on at 4pm and then the daylights come on two hours afterward. So 6pm and then go off at 10pm. Followed by the actinic at 12am. If you have moon light it good if you have them come on and off an hour after the main lights go off and then go off an hour before the main ones cut on! But I leave them on all the time! I have a late start up time, because stay up late and dont want any light from the room if the lights on the tank aren't on. As for your corals, what kind are they? The biggest thing is what light they were under before! You might need to break them in if they were under weaker lights! Don't underestimate the power of T5.

12/11/2006, 04:00 PM	#1
JaredSD Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 60	I need some advice from you peeps on some T5 lighting, please! Hi, I have a T5 setup that has 2-10,000k's and 2-blue actinics. My corals that I bought a month ago sure don't look like what the picture showed me and I am wondering if I am giving them too much light. I leave both on for about 11 hours per day. I anm thinking I should cut it back to 8 or 9? Can too much lighting affect my corals like this? Also, let me know of a good timing schedule if you have one. I would love to see what other people do for theirs. Thank you all! Last edited by JaredSD; 12/11/2006 at 04:13 PM.

12/11/2006, 04:14 PM	#2
fisher84 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bristol Posts: 32	I have T5 myself. I have 8 54watts. 4 actinic and 4 ocean daylight. I have the 4 actinic come on at 4pm and then the daylights come on two hours afterward. So 6pm and then go off at 10pm. Followed by the actinic at 12am. If you have moon light it good if you have them come on and off an hour after the main lights go off and then go off an hour before the main ones cut on! But I leave them on all the time! I have a late start up time, because stay up late and dont want any light from the room if the lights on the tank aren't on. As for your corals, what kind are they? The biggest thing is what light they were under before! You might need to break them in if they were under weaker lights! Don't underestimate the power of T5.