Light Schedule
- Thread starter djcanis
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speg
Active Member
If you're a serious reefer then do 12 hours of light 12 hours of no light.
If you're doing fish only and you've got like a anemone or just a couple things or so, then you wont need nearly as much light time.
If you're doing just fish and nothing that actually needs light.. then whenever you feel like turning the lights on/off is fine!
If you're doing fish only and you've got like a anemone or just a couple things or so, then you wont need nearly as much light time.
If you're doing just fish and nothing that actually needs light.. then whenever you feel like turning the lights on/off is fine!
dmitry
Member
Somebody somewhere suggested that 12 of full lighting is too much. While the day in the tropics may last 12 hrs, it is not at its strongest that whole time. It really only blazes for 3-4hrs. So if possible you might want to start off with something weaker, then turn on the main light, and then back to something weaker. What time of day you do this is entirely up to you. Because I leave the house very early in the morning and want to feed my fish before I leave I program to have the lights on at 6am and they're off at 11am. I don't have supplemental light just yet, but regular daylight from the window is enough to keep the fish awake and swimming. They tend to go to sleep between 5 to 7 pm! Some people run their tanks on a night-schedule altogether!
PS: Electricity is cheaper at night, too!
PS: Electricity is cheaper at night, too!