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How long do you leave your lights on your reef tank?? |
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How long do you leave your lights on your reef tank?? |
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03-11-2004, 09:58 PM
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How long do you leave your lights on your reef tank??
Well???
Augustus
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03-11-2004, 10:08 PM
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10-12 hours a day.
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03-12-2004, 01:23 AM
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Hi Caesar
I run my tanks on a 14 hour photoperiod 12 hours mh lighting and with 1 hour either side on fluro lighting everything seems to be doing very well under this period for me. I also have a caulepra sump that runs on 24 hour 150 watt mh illumination. |
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03-12-2004, 11:20 PM
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10 for the halides and 12 for the actinic PC's here.
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03-13-2004, 02:24 AM
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doing about 6 hrs right now because I picked up all my sps that were in storage. Normally I run my MH's about 10 hrs a day
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03-13-2004, 09:24 AM
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Like Mark, I run my halides for 10 hours, actinics on for 12hours.
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03-13-2004, 09:40 AM
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I do 12 hours on the Halides, left 1 on at 9 off at 9, Right one on at 10 off at 10. My Actinic is on a switch, so it goes on when either I or my wife wakes up.. Usually around 6:30 and Off when I go to bed, usually 10:30-11:30... I know I know, I should put that on a timer too, just haven't gotten around to it....
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03-13-2004, 11:30 AM
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I am running about 12 on my VHO's and will be doing about 10 with the halides when they are installed.
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03-13-2004, 12:22 PM
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1 250 watt HQI DE - 9 hours per day.
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03-16-2004, 05:29 PM
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Thanks everyone, 12 hours it is. Actually I'm running the actinics for 12 and the reg pc'x for 10. I've been having an algae problem.
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