lighting schedule
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lexluethar
Active Member
At 630 AM my white LED lights come on
At 900 AM my MH turns on
At 930 AM my white LED lights turn off
At 530 PM my white LED lights turn on
At 600 PM my MH turns off
At 700 PM my blue LED lights turn on
At 730 PM my white LED turns off
At 12 AM my blue LED lights turn off
Hope that helps
At 900 AM my MH turns on
At 930 AM my white LED lights turn off
At 530 PM my white LED lights turn on
At 600 PM my MH turns off
At 700 PM my blue LED lights turn on
At 730 PM my white LED turns off
At 12 AM my blue LED lights turn off
Hope that helps
R
richardpryor
Guest
Anyone ever tried turning on the lights at night to deal with temperature issues?
trippkid
Active Member
Actinics on at 9:00 am
MH's on at 11:00 am
MH's off at 7:00 pm
Actinics off at 9:00 pm
LED and PC's(for refugium) on at 9:00 pm
LED and PC's off at 9:00 am
It used to be an hour ahead, but I didn't go through the hassle of resetting all my timers when we turned the clocks back.
Matt
MH's on at 11:00 am
MH's off at 7:00 pm
Actinics off at 9:00 pm
LED and PC's(for refugium) on at 9:00 pm
LED and PC's off at 9:00 am
It used to be an hour ahead, but I didn't go through the hassle of resetting all my timers when we turned the clocks back.
Matt
R
richardpryor
Guest
So, nobody has their lights on at night?
Seems like a logical thing to do if you're battling high temperatures. Plus the tank looks good at night.
Seems like a logical thing to do if you're battling high temperatures. Plus the tank looks good at night.
lexluethar
Active Member
Originally Posted by RichardPryor
So, nobody has their lights on at night?
Seems like a logical thing to do if you're battling high temperatures. Plus the tank looks good at night.
I think if you are having temperature issues you should look into other methods of heating/cooling off your tank. Especially if you have light dependant corals and inverts in tank you don't want to be skimping out on the lights to combat high temperatures, and from what i've noticed even when turning my light schedule from 9 hours down to 7 hours, my temperature didn't change at all. Still in the range of 81 around 3 PM and 78 in the morning (7am).
If you are having heat issues use a fan to cool off your tank, if you are having cooling issues buy another heater, but IMO don't change the light schedule to try and fix temp issues.
So, nobody has their lights on at night?
Seems like a logical thing to do if you're battling high temperatures. Plus the tank looks good at night.
I think if you are having temperature issues you should look into other methods of heating/cooling off your tank. Especially if you have light dependant corals and inverts in tank you don't want to be skimping out on the lights to combat high temperatures, and from what i've noticed even when turning my light schedule from 9 hours down to 7 hours, my temperature didn't change at all. Still in the range of 81 around 3 PM and 78 in the morning (7am).
If you are having heat issues use a fan to cool off your tank, if you are having cooling issues buy another heater, but IMO don't change the light schedule to try and fix temp issues.