Entropy Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 What does your lighting schedule look like? I just add a T5 actinic to my tank so mine looks like this: 3:00 PM left side halide comes on 3:15 PM right side halide comes on 8:45 PM single T5 actinic (39w) centered goes on 9:00 PM left side halide goes off 9:15 PM right side halide goes off 10:15 PM T5 goes off 10:15 PM led night light goes on 12:00 AM led night light goes off I pushed my halides up an hour and added an hour of on time to each plus added the actinic for an hour. I only have a couple of zoo colonies so I am interested in see what they do. Also might start adding some more stuff so it looks less like a fish only tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmanning Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 LT3 is a pair of 48 inch 54 watt T5 actinics. (108 watts actinic). <-- newly added this last month. LT1 is left side 400w 14k SPS LT2 is right side 400w 14k SPS Yes - I run a longer lighting schedule than most people do. -But been running it that way for 3 yrs now. Before we got the Aquacontroller - we used regular timers and it was pretty much 12hrs all tank lights on, followed by 12 hrs all sump/fuge light on (all night). This is on a 215 Brick/125 sump/fuge w 37 frag tank connected to same sump. Tank is 30 inches deep. Lights are 11 inches above water. No moonlights currently. Now - don't laugh too hard at my schedule - we certainly didn't start the system out like this.. we slowly increased it up to the 12 hr periods over the course of the 1st year. Now we are staggered: the time all 3 lights are on (brightest part of day) is the 7 hrs from 11:30 until 18:30. If Time > 07:00 Then LT3 ON If Time > 22:30 Then LT3 OFF If Time > 09:30 Then LT1 ON If Time > 18:30 Then LT1 OFF If Time > 11:30 Then LT2 ON If Time > 21:30 Then LT2 OFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 2:30pm atinics ON 3:00pm MH's ON 8:30pm MH's OFF 9:00pm atincs OFF This seems to work best for my eclectic bill. Also I only want them on when I'm home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headless_donkey Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 10:30 am Actinics on 11 am Daylights on 9 pm Daylights off 10 pm Daylights off If I run the lights longer then this I get CRAZY algae on the sides of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Bmwaaron Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well Mine is a little diffrent 6am 2 6ft VHO Actinics and 4 39w T5 Actinics 6:30am Left 400 watt Reeflux 12k 10:30am Center 400 watt Radium turns on 12noon Left 400 watt Reeflux turns off 3:30pm Right side 400 watt Reeflux turns on 5pm Center 400 watt Radium turns off 9pm Right side 400 watt Reeflux turns off 9:30 Actinics off I have LED's that add some red and also do a dawn/dusk, moonlights, and lighting effects. I do this to keep the heat load off of the tank. This way the chiller never comes on. I cant imagine running my MH longer then 5-6 hours a day. I get great color and growth at 5-6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4R00P3R Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 7am Mains ON/nightlights OFF 8am Secondary ON 8pm Secondary OFF 10pm Mains OFF/nightlights ON 105g tank: 18"deep 30"tall 48"long Oceanic model 2 sump Mains: 2 48" 54watt T5 actinics, a 48" 54watt T5 daylight, a 48" 54watt T5 10k, and a 24" 65watt T5 plantgrow sumplight Secondary: a 48" 54watt T5 10k and 3 48" 54watt T5 daylights Nightlights are 420nm LEDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 12:00 T5s on, 9:00 T5s off-moonlights on till midnight. Fixture 8x54w. Lights about 6" away from water, temp stays at 78-80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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