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adrox88 · 01-09-2008, 03:31 PM

so i just bought some new lights for my reef tank and i was talking to the owner of the LFS and he gave me some advice that im not too sure about. i have a 20 long with a few softies and a bubble tip anemone and obviously some fish, and i had just a 36 watt T-5 fixture on the tank and i just bought a 65 watt PC fixture and have had both fixtures on the tank for 3 days now and everything seems great except some more hair algae. the owner told me i was lucky not to kill anything and when i get home i should turn the lights off and keep them off for 2 days. after the 2 days i should only have the lights on for 2 hours for 2 days, then 3 hours a day for 3 days, then 4 hours a day for 4 days, and so on and so fourth untill i got to the norm 8 hours a day. is he for serious?!?!?! i dont know about all that, im new to salt water but that seems a bit extreme.

01-09-2008, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
adrox88 Plankton Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 14 Karma: 1	when upgrading lights? so i just bought some new lights for my reef tank and i was talking to the owner of the LFS and he gave me some advice that im not too sure about. i have a 20 long with a few softies and a bubble tip anemone and obviously some fish, and i had just a 36 watt T-5 fixture on the tank and i just bought a 65 watt PC fixture and have had both fixtures on the tank for 3 days now and everything seems great except some more hair algae. the owner told me i was lucky not to kill anything and when i get home i should turn the lights off and keep them off for 2 days. after the 2 days i should only have the lights on for 2 hours for 2 days, then 3 hours a day for 3 days, then 4 hours a day for 4 days, and so on and so fourth untill i got to the norm 8 hours a day. is he for serious?!?!?! i dont know about all that, im new to salt water but that seems a bit extreme.