Originally Posted by costa13
I just bought my first corals and I was wondering how to accilamte them to my 150w HQI MH. I bought one colony of Orange spot polyps and a leather coral frag. I was thinking of having the MH run for 3 hours the first day then add 2 hours on each day. Also how long should I have my MH run once everything is acclimated, i was thinking 7 hours?
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Did you get your corals at a LFS, If so, ask them what lighting they were useing over those corals. If it was the same or brighter, then you should be fine. Those corals should be used to your lighting. If they were under PC, or you got them on line, then assume they were under lower light.
If your light hangs from the ceiling . then simple raise the light up about 5 inches or so. set the corals on the bottom area of the tank. After a few days, lower the light a inch, then another inch a few day later. Do this until your light is where it will be permanately. Then you could slowly start moving your corals up in the tank to the area you want to keep them.
I would do the same with the light when you get new bulbs in. The new bulbs will have a brighter light. Doing it this way, you wont need to worry about how long the lights are on. That can stay the same.
But if your light can't be raised or lowered, then place the corals at the bottom of the tank, and over a week to 2 week period mover the corals up in the tank. This is when you would adjust how long the light is on.
