Do you run actinics with your daylight bulb?
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nissan577
Active Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3089368
If the temperature doesn't spike I recommend running all bulbs for at least 4 hours. Outside of that run them how it looks best to you. Corals do require several hours of darkness every day though.
thats true.
http:///forum/post/3089368
If the temperature doesn't spike I recommend running all bulbs for at least 4 hours. Outside of that run them how it looks best to you. Corals do require several hours of darkness every day though.
thats true.
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by Bang Guy
http:///forum/post/3089368
If the temperature doesn't spike I recommend running all bulbs for at least 4 hours. Outside of that run them how it looks best to you. Corals do require several hours of darkness every day though.
You spike my curiosity...I run actinic 12 hours...I run along with actinic MH lights 4 hours on, 4 hours off, then 4 hours on again...all lights except moonlights off for 12 hours.
Are you suggesting total darkness thru the day?? Is my light schedule Okay?
http:///forum/post/3089368
If the temperature doesn't spike I recommend running all bulbs for at least 4 hours. Outside of that run them how it looks best to you. Corals do require several hours of darkness every day though.
You spike my curiosity...I run actinic 12 hours...I run along with actinic MH lights 4 hours on, 4 hours off, then 4 hours on again...all lights except moonlights off for 12 hours.
Are you suggesting total darkness thru the day?? Is my light schedule Okay?
flower
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/3089396
im pretty sure your light is ok. since many of us have a different light schedule. i think he means like in the middle of the day for like 2-3 hours to have complete darkness. my corals feed off at night or when the lights are off. so idk.
HUH???
Again, should I shut all lights off in the middle of the day if I shut them down at night for 12 hours?
http:///forum/post/3089396
im pretty sure your light is ok. since many of us have a different light schedule. i think he means like in the middle of the day for like 2-3 hours to have complete darkness. my corals feed off at night or when the lights are off. so idk.
HUH???
Again, should I shut all lights off in the middle of the day if I shut them down at night for 12 hours?
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3089392
You spike my curiosity...I run actinic 12 hours...I run along with actinic MH lights 4 hours on, 4 hours off, then 4 hours on again...all lights except moonlights off for 12 hours.
Are you suggesting total darkness thru the day?? Is my light schedule Okay?
I'm not suggesting total darkness nor turning lights off during the day.
A period of darkness with little more than a couple leds or ambient moonlight. I just don't want new hobbiests thinking that keeping a few hundred watts of actinic on at night counts as a dark period.
http:///forum/post/3089392
You spike my curiosity...I run actinic 12 hours...I run along with actinic MH lights 4 hours on, 4 hours off, then 4 hours on again...all lights except moonlights off for 12 hours.
Are you suggesting total darkness thru the day?? Is my light schedule Okay?
I'm not suggesting total darkness nor turning lights off during the day.
A period of darkness with little more than a couple leds or ambient moonlight. I just don't want new hobbiests thinking that keeping a few hundred watts of actinic on at night counts as a dark period.