is this normal for a bta?

[rcdude1990]

heres wat my bta does
wen the t-5 lights r on it looks beautiful (its full, and alive)
but wen the lights turn off it goes from beautiful-dead lookin in under a minute
is it only mine that does this?????
my lights go on like this
blue lights=4pm.-5pm
white lights and blue lights=5pm-10:30pm
blue lights=10:30-11:30
and then moonlights the rest of the night
is this a good lightin setup for future corals??????
is it normal for my bta to do this

 

[sign guy]

Originally Posted by rcdude1990
heres wat my bta does
wen the t-5 lights r on it looks beautiful (its full, and alive)
but wen the lights turn off it goes from beautiful-dead lookin in under a minute
is it only mine that does this?????
my lights go on like this
blue lights=4pm.-5pm
white lights and blue lights=5pm-10:30pm
blue lights=10:30-11:30
and then moonlights the rest of the night
is this a good lightin setup for future corals??????
is it normal for my bta to do this
that should be fine I think that he is just settiling down but Im no bta expert

 

[sign guy]

how long are your lights on for total

 

[rcdude1990]

well sign guy jus do the math!!! lol jk
um from 4-11:30=7 and a half hours

 

[sign guy]

thats what I thought punk

jk yeah you deff should leave the lights on about 10-12 hrs a day I am going to start checking the sun rise and sun down times at the keys once a week and copy those hrs I think it would be better for the corals.

 

[rcdude1990]

well now im doin that 12 hour thing if i dont c a differnce ima go back to the 7 hours

 

[sign guy]

you will see a diff
? how long is the sun up in queens on a average day
food for thought

 

[rcdude1990]

umm from like 8 am.-5:30
look at the new hoobyist section i posted a comment about my lights and my anenome

 

[sand125]

your lights need to on longer