How long does everone run their Lights?

[plum70rt]

I see that alot of people are runing all sorts of lights and wattages, How long do you run the lights on a tank with fish, LR and soft corals? I have a 210 gallon with 560 watts of VHO,
Which is on the light side according to most people,so how many hours per day?

 

[hondo]

50g reef LPS and Softies with 220w PC I run the PC 10 hours per day
37g reef LPS and SPS with 175w MH and PC actinic I run the MH 8 hours and the PC 10 hours.

 

[fishfreek]

I run my 45g reef (softies & LPS) with PC lights 11 hrs per day.

 

[jumpfrog]

72 reef with 260 watts; run actinics 12 and 10,000k 10 hours.

 

[drillsergeant]

i got this awesome timer that turns the lights on when the sun comes up and turns them off when the sun goes down. it required a little programming, and i can tell it when this is, but the little computer does most of the work. just trying to copy nature as best i can. 440 watt VHO

 

[jonthefb]

drillseargent, where did you find such a cool and awesome timer?
good luck
jon

 

[kpogue]

30 gal reef - 65w smart lite 12hr 30 actin - 7
150 gal reef still in work, only 8 mos old
220 w actn - 9 hrs
2 175w MH 4.5 hrs
1 175w MH 2 hrs - so they get full strength for 2 hrs.
I'll build up to 11-12 hrs of light and 5 maybe 6 hrs of MH.
Keith

 

[robchuck]

I'm FOWLR w/ NO lighting right now; they run for 10hrs. I am in the process of building a MH/PC hood right now. I can't wait!

 

[mlm]

I run 330 Watts of VHO for 10 hours and 110 watts of PC for 14 hours.

 

[kpogue]

OOPS! My 150 is only 8 WEEKS old, not 8 mos!

 

[jim672]

I have a 45 gallon with a 175 w 10K MH and 2 96 w VHO actinics. I run the MH 9 hours and the VHO 11.
Jim

 

[kdlbem]

75 gal. with softies, LPS, SPS, and a deresa clam
220 watts VHO actinic-12 hours
220 watts PC 6700k- 10 hours
HTH,
B

 

[nacl-h2o]

PC's 10 hrs actinics 12 hrs.

 

[dirtybilge]

I run my 285 watts of VHO's on my 65G for 12 hours.
ED