lighting schedule??

sharkbait09

sharkbait09

Member
hello,
ive orderd this light(not here yet)
Rear fan allows for installation in an aquarium canopy
Two 24 Watt SlimPaq 10K and two 24 Watt 460nm Actinic lamps
2 LED moonlights with blue or white interchangeable lenses. The power to the LEDs is supplied by an automatic photocell.
Individually contoured reflectors for maximum light intensity
Two integrated timers
Only one power cord, but dawn/dusk control is easily done with the dual integrated timers
Dimensions: 24-1/8" x 9-1/2" x 3-3/4"
what would you recomend for a lighting shedule and how does this light sound?
thankyou!!!!
 
nissan577

nissan577

Active Member
well i run the actinics on at 2 and the daylights come on at 3 and turn off at 10 and the actinics at 11.
HTH and my corals love it!
what brand of light is that?
 
sharkbait09

sharkbait09

Member
WOW that was fast u guys are awesome! sorry but i dont know wich ones are daylighit and atinics i cant remember what u said meowzer?sorry current usa
thanks!
 
spanko

spanko

Active Member
There are numerous articles out there concerning photosaturation in coral. In short the test showed that in some SPS coral by noon the zooxanthellae has had all the light required for their growth and that anything additional is not utilized. (real short answer) Some experiments are going on using a short photoperiod of 6-7 hours, then a shutdown for the remainder of the 24 hours to allow the zooxanthellae to utilize the light, and carbon for calcification. Increased growth and color is being seen in some of these experiments.
8-9 hours of daylights in our tanks is usually enough, saves electricity, reduces heat and so on.
I have begun running my halides 7 hours per day for about a month now. Am not seeing anything detrimental in my coral.
Just my opinion and I hope that the posters in this thread will find this short discussion interesting enough to go out and do some more research on their own.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
WHy 3 a.m.? LOL....Have your actinics come on first in the a.m.....IDK what time you get up...
My actinics go on at 7 a.m. white lights on at 1 p.m. off at 8 p.m. actinics off at 10 p.m.
That fits my schedule
 
sharkbait09

sharkbait09

Member
oh woops lol ya id rather have mine on in the morning how does this sound?>
blue 6am white 11 am white off 6 blue 7
thanx!!!
 
nissan577

nissan577

Active Member
Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3091605
If you are asking me...it's cause I feed before I go to work in the morning
why dont you feed them at night?
i found this online and agree with it! except the part turning off the pumps

Ideally, the environment in which aquarium corals are kept should be as close to those on the reef as possible. A number of coral aquarists have found that feeding their corals at night with the assistance of an automatic feeder and running their mechanical filters and skimmers through timers which turn them off during coral feeding hours has provided good results.
 
meowzer

meowzer

Moderator
Do you go to bed at 7???
10 hours might be a little too much white at first.....maybe make the white light go on at 12-7...and actinic off at 8
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top