extremepcs
Member
Hi all,
I picked up a new 72" Coralife Pro HQI unit today (3 x 150w MH, 4 x 96w blue actinic, 4 x 1w blue LED's). I'm wondering about the timing of the 3 different type lights.
Should the actinic's run along with the MH lamps, or should they come on when the MH's go off?
So, for example, do I setup the timers:
8 AM - 4 PM - MH only
4 PM - 12 AM - actinics only
12 AM to 8 AM - moon glow LED's only
I'm switching from a PC unit that I ran 12 hours on, 12 hours off. I currently do not have any type of algea problem in the tank, so I'm concerned about running the MH's for 12 hours. Is 8 enough/too long? I have 1 bubble tip anemone and 1 green star polyp. The rest of the tank is just fish and inverts (crabs and snails).
Thanks!
I picked up a new 72" Coralife Pro HQI unit today (3 x 150w MH, 4 x 96w blue actinic, 4 x 1w blue LED's). I'm wondering about the timing of the 3 different type lights.
Should the actinic's run along with the MH lamps, or should they come on when the MH's go off?
So, for example, do I setup the timers:
8 AM - 4 PM - MH only
4 PM - 12 AM - actinics only
12 AM to 8 AM - moon glow LED's only
I'm switching from a PC unit that I ran 12 hours on, 12 hours off. I currently do not have any type of algea problem in the tank, so I'm concerned about running the MH's for 12 hours. Is 8 enough/too long? I have 1 bubble tip anemone and 1 green star polyp. The rest of the tank is just fish and inverts (crabs and snails).
Thanks!