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08-16-2004, 01:54 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Douglassville, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 39
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 |  Need help on timing of lights.
I have a Coralife pc with two actinic blue's and two 10,000 K's and four led moon lights. Just looking for some opinions on the timing of them. I know I should have the blue's go on before the main lights and vice-versa at night but how much of a time difference in between? Also, should the moon lights be on all night or should there be a time of total darkness?
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55 gal reef with live rock/sand. Pro clear aquatics 75 wet/dry, Aqua C remora pro skimmer(in sump), 2 power heads,Coralife 260W power compact w/moon lights, 2 domino damsels, 1 yellow tang, 1 clown, open brain coral,2 pink condi anenome, candy cane coral, a long and a short tentacled plate coral, colt coral, rock anenome, 2 lettuce nudibranch, camelback and peppermint shrimp, orange tree sponge, orange linkia star, deep sea yellow gorgonian, assorted reef cleaners, 2 feather dusters.
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08-16-2004, 03:31 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: , SC,South_Carolina
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
The actinics for about 12 hours and the 10Ks for about 10 hours. That leaves an hour differential between the actinics and the whites. If you start growing algae pull the whites down to 8 hours and the actinics to 10 hours. The moonlight should be on all night. I just leave my moonlight on 24/7. They last a good while. _________  &&Right now I'm in the middle of a conversion from reef to Discus/ planted aquarium. Hair algae beat me down. Maybe a nano in the future. Everything screwed up so I'm converting to FOWLR. Wish me luck. | |
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08-17-2004, 03:41 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Douglassville, PA,Pennsylvania Age: 39
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
Thanks guys. | |
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08-17-2004, 03:42 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: , SC,South_Carolina
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
Your welcome Mike. | |
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10-08-2004, 04:18 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
Does this also work for me? I have 2 250 Watt 10000 MH and 2 96 W PC actnics. How about Actinics on at 7:00am Metal Halide on at 10:00.....Metal Halides off at 8:00 Actinics off at 11:00. That leaves lights off for 8 hours a day.
Jay
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60 Gal Acrylic, 30 Gal Acrylic, 55 Gal Glass.
Remora skimmers, 440 Watts VHO URI's. Mag canister for carbon. 90 Pounds liverock, 100 pounds live sand DSB, Flame Angel, Coral Beauty, Clown Percula, Royal Gramma, Domino Damsel. Pulsing Xenia, Devils Hand Leather, Frogspawns, Torches, Hammers, Fox Corals, Gorgonias, Various Zoanuthus, Favietes, Toxic Green Star Polyps. Candy Cane corals, Purple Indica. | |
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10-08-2004, 05:56 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
watch the algae jay! otherwise it might do just fine (your photo period)
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I retired the reef for now. Maybe a nano or a softies tank in the future when I have both time and money. 60 gallon FOWLR in the meantime. My echidna nebulosa are still going strong! | |
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10-09-2004, 01:17 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
It doesn't help anything grow that you want to grow by leaving your lights on longer. It's all about intensity. The 12 hours of dark is needed for the 2nd part of photosynthisis(sp?), giving them less isn't a good thing.
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10-09-2004, 04:54 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Quezon City,
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
I think Jay has the intensity. 2 - 250w 10K MH and 2 96w acts over a 60 gallon acrylic. :-* | |
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10-09-2004, 06:42 PM
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| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF/Monterey Bay Area, CA
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| Re: Need help on timing of lights.
Exactly, so why leave them on longer? Nothing gained, besides aglae 
Saves bulb life, electricity and heat and will help corals gain a better photo period ratio. | |
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